whooper

[ hoo-per, hwoo-, woo- ]

/ ˈhu pər, ˈʰwu-, ˈwu- /

noun

a person or thing that whoops.

whooper swan.

Informal. whooping crane.

Origin of whooper

First recorded in 1650–60; whoop + -er¹

Words nearby whooper

whoof, whoop, whoop-de-do, whoopee, whoopee cushion, whooper, whooper swan, whooping cough, whooping cough vaccine, whooping crane, whoop it up

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Example sentences from the Web for whooper

They're fetching up a keel boat to the shore, Miss Betty—it's a whooper!
The Prodigal Judge|Vaughan Kester
I cudden't stand it no longer, so I wint down town to-night, down be Shekel an' Whooper's place, an' bought these things.
Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War|Finley Peter Dunne
How'd you like to have been caught out in that whooper, eh, Lub?
Phil Bradley's Mountain Boys|Silas K. Boone
He hastened to assure the whooper that he was awake and afoot.
Galusha the Magnificent|Joseph C. Lincoln

Well, there ain't much use 'whooping up the boys' when only the whooper gets wild.
A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories|Bret Harte

British Dictionary definitions for whooper

whooper

whooper swan

/ (ˈwuːpə) /

noun

a large white Old World swan, Cygnus cygnus, having a black bill with a yellow base and a noisy whooping cry

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	whooper
释义	whooper [ hoo-per, hwoo-, woo- ] / ˈhu pər, ˈʰwu-, ˈwu- / noun a person or thing that whoops. whooper swan. Informal. whooping crane. Origin of whooper First recorded in 1650–60; whoop + -er¹ Words nearby whooper whoof, whoop, whoop-de-do, whoopee, whoopee cushion, whooper, whooper swan, whooping cough, whooping cough vaccine, whooping crane, whoop it up Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for whooper They're fetching up a keel boat to the shore, Miss Betty—it's a whooper! The Prodigal Judge\|Vaughan Kester I cudden't stand it no longer, so I wint down town to-night, down be Shekel an' Whooper's place, an' bought these things. Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War\|Finley Peter Dunne How'd you like to have been caught out in that whooper, eh, Lub? Phil Bradley's Mountain Boys\|Silas K. Boone He hastened to assure the whooper that he was awake and afoot. Galusha the Magnificent\|Joseph C. Lincoln Well, there ain't much use 'whooping up the boys' when only the whooper gets wild. A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories\|Bret Harte British Dictionary definitions for whooper whooper whooper swan / (ˈwuːpə) / noun a large white Old World swan, Cygnus cygnus, having a black bill with a yellow base and a noisy whooping cry Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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