whooping

[US]/'hu:piŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. emitting a loud, whooping sound; coughing loudly

v. to shout loudly; to raise or lift up with a whooping motion

Phrases & Collocations

whooping cough

whooping with joy

whooping crane

Example Sentences

an injection against whooping cough

all at once they were whooping with laughter.

The newspaper is whooping for leftist candidates.

children whooping at play;

whooping the cattle down the road.

conventioneers whooping it up for their candidate.

Whooping cough is very prevalent just now.

Of course I’m in a bad mood! I’ve been stuck here working while you’ve been whooping it up in the bar with your friends!

Action and Uses Red clover is used for menopausal symptoms and hot flashes, cyclic breast pain or tenderness (mastalgia), cancer prevention, indigestion, whooping cough, cough, asthma and bronchitis.

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