"whoop" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /wuːp/, /ʍuːp/, /huːp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whoop.wav [Southern-England] Forms: whoops [plural]
enPR: wo͞op, ho͞op Rhymes: -uːp Etymology: From Middle English whopen, whowpen, howpen, houpen (“to whoop, cry out”), partially from Old French houper, hopper, houpper (“to shout”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwōpan, from Proto-Germanic *hwōpaną (“to boast, threaten”) (compare Gothic 𐍈𐍉𐍀𐌰𐌽 (ƕōpan, “to boast”), Old English hwōpan (“to threaten”)); and partially from Middle English wop (“weeping, lamentation”), from Old English wōp (“cry, outcry, shrieking, weeping, lamentation”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōp, from Proto-Germanic *wōpaz (“shout, cry, wail”) (compare Old Norse ópa (“to cry, scream, shout”), Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wōpjan, “to cry out”)). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|whopen}} Middle English whopen, {{m|enm|whowpen}} whowpen, {{m|enm|howpen}} howpen, {{m|enm|houpen|t=to whoop, cry out}} houpen (“to whoop, cry out”), {{der|en|fro|houper}} Old French houper, {{m|fro|hopper}} hopper, {{m|fro|houpper|t=to shout}} houpper (“to shout”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*hwōpan}} Proto-West Germanic *hwōpan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*hwōpaną|t=to boast, threaten}} Proto-Germanic *hwōpaną (“to boast, threaten”), {{cog|got|𐍈𐍉𐍀𐌰𐌽|t=to boast}} Gothic 𐍈𐍉𐍀𐌰𐌽 (ƕōpan, “to boast”), {{cog|ang|hwōpan|t=to threaten}} Old English hwōpan (“to threaten”), {{inh|en|enm|wop|t=weeping, lamentation}} Middle English wop (“weeping, lamentation”), {{inh|en|ang|wōp|t=cry, outcry, shrieking, weeping, lamentation}} Old English wōp (“cry, outcry, shrieking, weeping, lamentation”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*wōp}} Proto-West Germanic *wōp, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*wōpaz|t=shout, cry, wail}} Proto-Germanic *wōpaz (“shout, cry, wail”), {{cog|non|ópa|t=to cry, scream, shout}} Old Norse ópa (“to cry, scream, shout”), {{cog|got|𐍅𐍉𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽|t=to cry out}} Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wōpjan, “to cry out”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} whoop (plural whoops)
  1. A loud, eager cry, usually of joy. Categories (topical): Animal sounds, Vocalizations Translations (An exclamation, a cry, usually of joy): възглас (vǎzglas) [masculine] (Bulgarian), вик (vik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kiljahdus (Finnish), hurlement [masculine] (French), cuach [feminine] (Irish), grido (Italian), urlo (Italian), urlet [neuter] (Romanian), во́зглас (vózglas) [masculine] (Russian), вы́крик (výkrik) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-whoop-en-noun-XMmpc7Gu Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 19 23 1 2 25 18 3 2 6 Disambiguation of Vocalizations: 19 25 1 2 24 19 3 2 6 Disambiguation of 'An exclamation, a cry, usually of joy': 91 8 1
  2. A gasp, characteristic of whooping cough. Categories (topical): Animal sounds, Vocalizations Translations (A gasp, characteristic of whooping cough): магарешка кашлица (magareška kašlica) [masculine] (Bulgarian), urlo della pertosse (Italian), ка́шель (kášelʹ) (alt: ко́клюшный) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-whoop-en-noun-oDSjKmOa Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 19 23 1 2 25 18 3 2 6 Disambiguation of Vocalizations: 19 25 1 2 24 19 3 2 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 38 1 1 6 28 2 1 19 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 37 1 1 8 28 2 1 16 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 4 32 2 4 9 24 5 4 17 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 4 32 2 4 9 24 5 4 17 Disambiguation of 'A gasp, characteristic of whooping cough': 2 98 1
  3. A bump on a racetrack.
    Sense id: en-whoop-en-noun-Fz~MwwRz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hoop, howp Derived forms: big whoop, millennial whoop, war whoop
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /wuːp/, /ʍuːp/, /huːp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whoop.wav [Southern-England] Forms: whoops [present, singular, third-person], whooping [participle, present], whooped [participle, past], whooped [past]
enPR: wo͞op, ho͞op Rhymes: -uːp Etymology: From Middle English whopen, whowpen, howpen, houpen (“to whoop, cry out”), partially from Old French houper, hopper, houpper (“to shout”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwōpan, from Proto-Germanic *hwōpaną (“to boast, threaten”) (compare Gothic 𐍈𐍉𐍀𐌰𐌽 (ƕōpan, “to boast”), Old English hwōpan (“to threaten”)); and partially from Middle English wop (“weeping, lamentation”), from Old English wōp (“cry, outcry, shrieking, weeping, lamentation”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōp, from Proto-Germanic *wōpaz (“shout, cry, wail”) (compare Old Norse ópa (“to cry, scream, shout”), Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wōpjan, “to cry out”)). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|whopen}} Middle English whopen, {{m|enm|whowpen}} whowpen, {{m|enm|howpen}} howpen, {{m|enm|houpen|t=to whoop, cry out}} houpen (“to whoop, cry out”), {{der|en|fro|houper}} Old French houper, {{m|fro|hopper}} hopper, {{m|fro|houpper|t=to shout}} houpper (“to shout”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*hwōpan}} Proto-West Germanic *hwōpan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*hwōpaną|t=to boast, threaten}} Proto-Germanic *hwōpaną (“to boast, threaten”), {{cog|got|𐍈𐍉𐍀𐌰𐌽|t=to boast}} Gothic 𐍈𐍉𐍀𐌰𐌽 (ƕōpan, “to boast”), {{cog|ang|hwōpan|t=to threaten}} Old English hwōpan (“to threaten”), {{inh|en|enm|wop|t=weeping, lamentation}} Middle English wop (“weeping, lamentation”), {{inh|en|ang|wōp|t=cry, outcry, shrieking, weeping, lamentation}} Old English wōp (“cry, outcry, shrieking, weeping, lamentation”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*wōp}} Proto-West Germanic *wōp, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*wōpaz|t=shout, cry, wail}} Proto-Germanic *wōpaz (“shout, cry, wail”), {{cog|non|ópa|t=to cry, scream, shout}} Old Norse ópa (“to cry, scream, shout”), {{cog|got|𐍅𐍉𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽|t=to cry out}} Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wōpjan, “to cry out”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} whoop (third-person singular simple present whoops, present participle whooping, simple past and past participle whooped)
  1. (intransitive) To make a whoop. Tags: intransitive Translations (to make a whoop): възкликвам (vǎzklikvam) (Bulgarian), hurler (French)
    Sense id: en-whoop-en-verb-1GCQ60ua Disambiguation of 'to make a whoop': 100 0 0 0
  2. (transitive) To shout, to yell. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Animal sounds, Violence, Vocalizations
    Sense id: en-whoop-en-verb-JJFkXi7r Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 19 23 1 2 25 18 3 2 6 Disambiguation of Violence: 11 16 14 4 22 14 5 4 10 Disambiguation of Vocalizations: 19 25 1 2 24 19 3 2 6
  3. To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough. Categories (topical): Animal sounds, Vocalizations
    Sense id: en-whoop-en-verb-NXTOiOTS Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 19 23 1 2 25 18 3 2 6 Disambiguation of Vocalizations: 19 25 1 2 24 19 3 2 6
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To insult with shouts; to chase with derision. Tags: obsolete, transitive Translations (to insult with shouts; to chase with derision): ги́кать (gíkatʹ) [imperfective, intransitive] (Russian), улюлю́кать (uljuljúkatʹ) [imperfective, intransitive] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-whoop-en-verb-EDjNk8o~ Disambiguation of 'to insult with shouts; to chase with derision': 0 4 1 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hoop, howp Derived forms: whoop it up
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /wʊp/, /ʍʊp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whoop (ass).wav [Southern-England] Forms: whoops [present, singular, third-person], whooping [participle, present], whooped [participle, past], whooped [past]
enPR: wo͝op Etymology: From a traditional African American and Southern US pronunciation of whip. Etymology templates: {{m|en|whip}} whip Head templates: {{en-verb}} whoop (third-person singular simple present whoops, present participle whooping, simple past and past participle whooped)
  1. (transitive, informal) To beat, to strike. Tags: informal, transitive Translations (to beat, to strike): hakata (Finnish), picchiare (Italian), colpire (Italian), колоти́ть (kolotítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), поколоти́ть (pokolotítʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-whoop-en-verb-09wIDirh Disambiguation of 'to beat, to strike': 98 2
  2. (transitive, informal) To defeat thoroughly. Tags: informal, transitive Translations (to defeat thoroughly): разбивам (razbivam) (Bulgarian), hakata (Finnish), piestä (Finnish), annientare (Italian), разгроми́ть (razgromítʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-whoop-en-verb--EHQIVcT Disambiguation of 'to defeat thoroughly': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: whup Derived forms: whoop ass, open a can of whoop ass Related terms: whoop-whoop, whoopee, whoops
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1983, The Fisherman Who Laughed, page 30",
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          "sense": "An exclamation, a cry, usually of joy",
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "An exclamation, a cry, usually of joy",
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          "roman": "vózglas",
          "sense": "An exclamation, a cry, usually of joy",
          "tags": [
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          "roman": "výkrik",
          "sense": "An exclamation, a cry, usually of joy",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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            "Communication",
            "Energy",
            "All topics",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental"
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        "A gasp, characteristic of whooping cough."
      ],
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        [
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      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "magareška kašlica",
          "sense": "A gasp, characteristic of whooping cough",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "магарешка кашлица"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "A gasp, characteristic of whooping cough",
          "word": "urlo della pertosse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98 1",
          "alt": "ко́клюшный",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kášelʹ",
          "sense": "A gasp, characteristic of whooping cough",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ка́шель"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, Steve Casper, ATVs: Everything You Need to Know, page 104",
          "text": "The key to jamming through the whoops is to keep your weight to the back of the quad […] and keep the front wheels high […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Lee Klancher, Kevin Cameron, Motorcycle Dream Garages, page 184",
          "text": "The “98 MPH” sign used to be on a set of particularly vicious whoops at one of John's favorite racetracks.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A bump on a racetrack."
      ],
      "id": "en-whoop-en-noun-Fz~MwwRz",
      "links": [
        [
          "bump",
          "bump"
        ],
        [
          "racetrack",
          "racetrack"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wuːp/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʍuːp/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huːp/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːp"
    },
    {
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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          "ref": "1815, William Wordsworth, Beggars",
          "text": "each whooping with a merry shout",
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        },
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          "ref": "1613, William Browne, Britannia's Pastorals",
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        "To make a whoop."
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        "(intransitive) To make a whoop."
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vǎzklikvam",
          "sense": "to make a whoop",
          "word": "възкликвам"
        },
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          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
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          "sense": "to make a whoop",
          "word": "hurler"
        }
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            "Sounds",
            "Vocalizations",
            "Sound",
            "Communication",
            "Energy",
            "All topics",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        },
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            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        },
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            "Sounds",
            "All topics",
            "Sound",
            "Fundamental",
            "Energy",
            "Nature"
          ],
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        "To shout, to yell."
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        "(transitive) To shout, to yell."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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          "orig": "en:Animal sounds",
          "parents": [
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            "Vocalizations",
            "Sound",
            "Communication",
            "Energy",
            "All topics",
            "Nature",
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        {
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            "Energy",
            "Nature"
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      "glosses": [
        "To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough."
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    },
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        "To insult with shouts; to chase with derision."
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          "insult",
          "insult"
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        [
          "shout",
          "shout"
        ],
        [
          "chase",
          "chase"
        ],
        [
          "derision",
          "derision"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To insult with shouts; to chase with derision."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 1 95",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "gíkatʹ",
          "sense": "to insult with shouts; to chase with derision",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective",
            "intransitive"
          ],
          "word": "ги́кать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 1 95",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "uljuljúkatʹ",
          "sense": "to insult with shouts; to chase with derision",
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            "imperfective",
            "intransitive"
          ],
          "word": "улюлю́кать"
        }
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/wuːp/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʍuːp/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huːp/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːp"
    },
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      "homophone": "hoop (for one pronunciation of the noun and the associated intransitive verb)"
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "enpr": "wo͞op"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ho͞op"
    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    }
  ],
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}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "whoop ass"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "open a can of whoop ass"
    }
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      "word": "whoop-whoop"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "To beat, to strike."
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        "(transitive, informal) To beat, to strike."
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        "informal",
        "transitive"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to beat, to strike",
          "word": "hakata"
        },
        {
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "to beat, to strike",
          "word": "picchiare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to beat, to strike",
          "word": "colpire"
        },
        {
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          "roman": "kolotítʹ",
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          "word": "колоти́ть"
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          "roman": "pokolotítʹ",
          "sense": "to beat, to strike",
          "tags": [
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        }
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        "To defeat thoroughly."
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        "(transitive, informal) To defeat thoroughly."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "razbivam",
          "sense": "to defeat thoroughly",
          "word": "разбивам"
        },
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          "_dis1": "2 98",
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          "sense": "to defeat thoroughly",
          "word": "hakata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to defeat thoroughly",
          "word": "piestä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "to defeat thoroughly",
          "word": "annientare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razgromítʹ",
          "sense": "to defeat thoroughly",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "разгроми́ть"
        }
      ]
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      "ipa": "/wʊp/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ʍʊp/"
    },
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        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "wo͝op"
    }
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "whup"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "English nouns",
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    "English terms derived from Old French",
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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/uːp",
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    "en:Animal sounds",
    "en:Violence",
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    {
      "word": "big whoop"
    },
    {
      "word": "millennial whoop"
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    {
      "word": "war whoop"
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "got",
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      },
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          "ref": "2006, Steve Casper, ATVs: Everything You Need to Know, page 104",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Lee Klancher, Kevin Cameron, Motorcycle Dream Garages, page 184",
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      "ipa": "/ʍuːp/"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "vǎzglas",
      "sense": "An exclamation, a cry, usually of joy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "възглас"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "vik",
      "sense": "An exclamation, a cry, usually of joy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вик"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "An exclamation, a cry, usually of joy",
      "word": "kiljahdus"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "An exclamation, a cry, usually of joy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "hurlement"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "An exclamation, a cry, usually of joy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cuach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "An exclamation, a cry, usually of joy",
      "word": "grido"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "An exclamation, a cry, usually of joy",
      "word": "urlo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "An exclamation, a cry, usually of joy",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "urlet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "vózglas",
      "sense": "An exclamation, a cry, usually of joy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "во́зглас"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výkrik",
      "sense": "An exclamation, a cry, usually of joy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вы́крик"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "magareška kašlica",
      "sense": "A gasp, characteristic of whooping cough",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "магарешка кашлица"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "A gasp, characteristic of whooping cough",
      "word": "urlo della pertosse"
    },
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      "alt": "ко́клюшный",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kášelʹ",
      "sense": "A gasp, characteristic of whooping cough",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ка́шель"
    }
  ],
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}

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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        "(intransitive) To make a whoop."
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        "(transitive) To shout, to yell."
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        "To insult with shouts; to chase with derision."
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To insult with shouts; to chase with derision."
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      "enpr": "ho͞op"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎzklikvam",
      "sense": "to make a whoop",
      "word": "възкликвам"
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      "sense": "to make a whoop",
      "word": "hurler"
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      "sense": "to insult with shouts; to chase with derision",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
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      "word": "ги́кать"
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        "intransitive"
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    }
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}

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      "word": "whoop ass"
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      "word": "open a can of whoop ass"
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        "To beat, to strike."
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      "word": "hakata"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "picchiare"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to beat, to strike",
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      "word": "колоти́ть"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "to beat, to strike",
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      "word": "поколоти́ть"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razbivam",
      "sense": "to defeat thoroughly",
      "word": "разбивам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to defeat thoroughly",
      "word": "hakata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to defeat thoroughly",
      "word": "piestä"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to defeat thoroughly",
      "word": "annientare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razgromítʹ",
      "sense": "to defeat thoroughly",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "разгроми́ть"
    }
  ],
  "word": "whoop"
}

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