1. Shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm
   "The children whooped when they were led to the picnic table" 
2. Cough spasmodically
   - hack

1. A loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement

Sounds like: hoop

Derived forms: whoops, whooping, whooped

See also: whooper

Type of: call, cough, cry, holler, hollo [non-standard], outcry, scream, shout, shout out, squall, vociferation, yell

Encyclopedia: Whoop

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• cut glass
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• cut it out
• cut lunch
• cut no ice
• cut of beef
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• cut of meat
• cut of mutton
• cut of pork
• cut of veal
• cut short
• cut the mustard