war-whoopn.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːwuːp/,

/ˈwɔːhuːp/,

/ˈwɔːhwuːp/, U.S.

/ˈwɔrˌ(h)wup/,

/ˈwɔrˌ(h)up/

a. The cry or yell of American Indians and other peoples on rushing into battle.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > battle or a battle > battle-cry or slogan

descryc1450

ensign1487

escry1489

senyea1510

slogan1513

cry1548

larum1555

hubbaboo1596

field wordc1625

celeusma1680

tecbir1708

war-whoop1739

war cry1748

scalp yell1792

banner-cry1810

battle-cry1815

battle-word1815

hurrah1841

rebel yell1862

on-cry1899

1739 W. Stephens Jrnl. 21 Dec. in Jrnl. Proc. Georgia (1742) II. 224 In marching, our Indians set up the War Whoop.

1763 W. Roberts Acct. First Discov. Florida 6 Horrible bellowings and clamours, not unlike the war-hoop of the Indians of the Six Nations.

1764 S. Foote Lyar i. ii. 13 Permit him, Madam, just to give you..a short specimen of their warhoop?

1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 250 Their mortal crime consisted in sounding the war-whoop, and [etc.].

1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 394 He put up the shrill war whoo whoop, as his last salute.

1791 J. Long Voy. Indian Interpreter 21 The Savages..setting up the war-hoop, fell upon the enemy.

1837 R. M. Bird Nick of Woods I. 91 ‘A fight!’ replied Captain Stackpole, uttering a war-whoop.

1850 J. B. Clutterbuck Port Phillip , 59 When the favorable opportunity for attack has arrived, the war-whoop resounds through hill and dale.

1865 F. Parkman Huguenots vi, in Pioneers of France in New World 76 The war-whoop rose, and a tempest of stone-headed arrows clattered against the breastplates of the French.

1875 T. W. Higginson Young Folks' Hist. U.S. xvi. 147 The children lay awake afterwards, listening for the Indian's war-whoop.

b. transferred and figurative.

ΚΠ

1798 S. T. Coleridge Fears in Solitude 5 Secure from actual warfare, we have lov'd To swell the war-whoop, passionate for war!

1807 Ld. Byron Let. 11 Aug. (1973) I. 132 My nice Mamma would..raise the accustomed maternal ‘Warhoop’.

1817 T. Moore Lalla Rookh iii. 116 But hark!—that war-whoop on the deck.

1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I II. 92 In the early speeches..the name of the unhappy favourite no longer served as the war-whoop of a party.

1851 H. W. Longfellow in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1891) II. 212 If they are not forthcoming, I shall raise such a war-whoop that it will frighten him.

1876 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Tom Sawyer xvi. 137 Then they set up a war-whoop of applause, and said it was ‘splendid!’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	war-whoop
释义	war-whoopn. Brit. /ˈwɔːwuːp/, /ˈwɔːhuːp/, /ˈwɔːhwuːp/, U.S. /ˈwɔrˌ(h)wup/, /ˈwɔrˌ(h)up/ a. The cry or yell of American Indians and other peoples on rushing into battle. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > battle or a battle > battle-cry or slogan descryc1450 ensign1487 escry1489 senyea1510 slogan1513 cry1548 larum1555 hubbaboo1596 field wordc1625 celeusma1680 tecbir1708 war-whoop1739 war cry1748 scalp yell1792 banner-cry1810 battle-cry1815 battle-word1815 hurrah1841 rebel yell1862 on-cry1899 1739 W. Stephens Jrnl. 21 Dec. in Jrnl. Proc. Georgia (1742) II. 224 In marching, our Indians set up the War Whoop. 1763 W. Roberts Acct. First Discov. Florida 6 Horrible bellowings and clamours, not unlike the war-hoop of the Indians of the Six Nations. 1764 S. Foote Lyar i. ii. 13 Permit him, Madam, just to give you..a short specimen of their warhoop? 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 250 Their mortal crime consisted in sounding the war-whoop, and [etc.]. 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 394 He put up the shrill war whoo whoop, as his last salute. 1791 J. Long Voy. Indian Interpreter 21 The Savages..setting up the war-hoop, fell upon the enemy. 1837 R. M. Bird Nick of Woods I. 91 ‘A fight!’ replied Captain Stackpole, uttering a war-whoop. 1850 J. B. Clutterbuck Port Phillip , 59 When the favorable opportunity for attack has arrived, the war-whoop resounds through hill and dale. 1865 F. Parkman Huguenots vi, in Pioneers of France in New World 76 The war-whoop rose, and a tempest of stone-headed arrows clattered against the breastplates of the French. 1875 T. W. Higginson Young Folks' Hist. U.S. xvi. 147 The children lay awake afterwards, listening for the Indian's war-whoop. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1798 S. T. Coleridge Fears in Solitude 5 Secure from actual warfare, we have lov'd To swell the war-whoop, passionate for war! 1807 Ld. Byron Let. 11 Aug. (1973) I. 132 My nice Mamma would..raise the accustomed maternal ‘Warhoop’. 1817 T. Moore Lalla Rookh iii. 116 But hark!—that war-whoop on the deck. 1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I II. 92 In the early speeches..the name of the unhappy favourite no longer served as the war-whoop of a party. 1851 H. W. Longfellow in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1891) II. 212 If they are not forthcoming, I shall raise such a war-whoop that it will frighten him. 1876 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Tom Sawyer xvi. 137 Then they set up a war-whoop of applause, and said it was ‘splendid!’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1739
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