Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A crying out; clamor; howling.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • a. & n. from whoop, v. t.
  • (Med.) a violent, convulsive cough, returning at longer or shorter intervals, and consisting of several expirations, followed by a sonorous inspiration, or whoop; chin cough; hooping cough.
  • (Zoöl.) a North American crane (Crus Americana) noted for the loud, whooplike note which it utters.
  • (Zoöl.) the whooper swan. See the Note under Swan.

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  • verb Present participle of whoop.

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Examples

  • Many symptoms common to other bacterial diseases don't appear in whooping cough.

    Whooping cough makes a comeback Arthur Allen 2010

  • Many symptoms common to other bacterial diseases don't appear in whooping cough.

    Whooping cough makes a comeback Arthur Allen 2010

  • After a drop in whooping cough vaccinations in 1974, an epidemic of more than 100,000 cases, resulting in 36 deaths, occurred in 1978.

    A needle today keeps disease away ewillett 2007

  • Let's away! 'and another bigger child went off in whooping cough!

    Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle 1883

  • But, if the cough is left untreated, it can change into a loud whooping sound, hence the nickname whooping cough.

    Moberly Monitor-Index Homepage RSS 2010

  • Pertussis is commonly referred to as whooping cough.

    WSFA - Around Alabama 2010

  • A: Pertussis (from the bacteria Bordetella pertussis and sometimes called whooping cough because of the "whooping" sound effect infants make) is highly contagious.

    The Milford Daily News Homepage RSS 2009

  • A: Pertussis (from the bacteria Bordetella pertussis and sometimes called whooping cough because of the "whooping" sound effect infants make) is highly contagious.

    The Daily News Tribune Homepage RSS 2009

  • In 2009, there were more than 13,000 cases of pertussis more commonly known as whooping cough in Australia, which is the highest number ever recorded.

    The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011

  • In 2009, there were more than 13,000 cases of pertussis more commonly known as whooping cough in Australia, which is the highest number ever recorded.

    The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011

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  • Like an army defeated

    The snow hath retreated,

    And now doth fare ill

    On the top of the bare hill;

    The ploughboy is whooping - anon - anon -

    There's joy in the mountains;

    There's life in the fountains;

    Small clouds are sailing,

    Blue sky is prevailing;

    The rain is over and gone!

    - William Wordsworth, 'Written In March'.

    November 3, 2008