the yell or howl uttered, esp by Native Americans, while making an attack
war whoop in American English
noun
a yell uttered in making an attack
the war whoop of the Native American
Word origin
[1705–15, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1705–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Romanesque, condominium, encore, jackknife, zigzag