Synonyms of the word whoop


WHOOPCALL - COUGH - CRY - HACK - HOLLER - HOLLO - OUTCRY - SCREAM - SHOUT - SQUALL - VOCIFERATION - YELL

whoop

  • n. An exclamation, a cry, usually of joy.
  • n. A gasp, characteristic of whooping cough.
  • n. A bump on a racetrack.
  • n. A bird, the hoopoe.
  • v. (intransitive) To make a whoop.
  • v. (transitive) To shout, to yell.
  • v. To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To insult with shouts; to chase with derision.
  • v. (transitive, informal) To beat, to strike.
  • v. (transitive, informal) To defeat thoroughly.

call

  • n. A telephone conversation.
  • n. A short visit, usually for social purposes.
  • n. (nautical) A visit by a ship or boat to a port.
  • n. A cry or shout.
  • n. A decision or judgement.
  • n. The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
  • n. A beckoning or summoning.
  • n. The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.
  • n. (finance) An option to buy stock at a specified price during or at a specified time.
  • n. (cricket) The act of calling to the other batsman.
  • n. (cricket) The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.).
  • n. A work shift which requires one to be available when requested (see on call).
  • n. (computing) The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.
  • n. A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
  • n. (poker) The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.
  • n. A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt.
  • n. (nautical) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.
  • n. A pipe to call birds by imitating their note or cry.
  • n. An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
  • n. (archaic) Vocation; employment; calling.
  • n. (US, law) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description…
  • v. (heading) To use one's voice.
  • v. (heading, intransitive) To visit.
  • v. (heading) To name, identify or describe.
  • v. (heading, sports) Direct or indirect use of the voice.
  • v. (transitive, sometimes with for) To require, demand.
  • v. (transitive, finance) To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium.
  • v. (transitive, banking) To demand repayment of a loan.
  • v. (transitive, computing) To jump to (another part of a program) to perform some operation, returning to…

cough

  • v. (intransitive) To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion.
  • v. (transitive, sometimes followed by "up") To force something out of the throat or lungs by coughing.
  • v. (intransitive) To make a noise like a cough.
  • n. A sudden, usually noisy expulsion of air from the lungs, often involuntary.
  • n. A condition that causes one to cough; a tendency to cough.
  • n. Used to focus attention on a following utterance, often a euphemism or an attribution of blame.

cry

  • v. (intransitive) To shed tears; to weep.
  • v. (transitive) To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To shout, scream, yell.
  • v. (intransitive) To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.
  • v. To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found,…
  • v. Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
  • n. A shedding of tears; the act of crying.
  • n. A shout or scream.
  • n. Words shouted or screamed.
  • n. (collectively) A group of hounds.
  • n. (obsolete, derogatory) A pack or company of people.
  • n. (of an animal) A typical sound made by the species in question.
  • n. A desperate or urgent request.
  • n. (obsolete) Common report; gossip.

hack

  • v. (transitive) To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
  • v. (intransitive) To cough noisily.
  • v. To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
  • v. (transitive, slang, computing) To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g.,…
  • v. (transitive, slang, computing) By extension, to gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account…
  • v. (computing) To accomplish a difficult programming task.
  • v. (computing) To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective,…
  • v. (transitive, colloquial, by extension) To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to something…
  • v. (computing, slang, transitive) To work with on an intimately technical level.
  • v. (ice hockey) To strike an opponent's leg with one's hockey stick.
  • v. (ice hockey) To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.
  • v. (baseball) To swing at a pitched ball.
  • v. (soccer and rugby) To kick (a player) on the shins.
  • v. To strike in a frantic movement.
  • v. (transitive) To strike lightly as part of tapotement massage.
  • n. A tool for chopping.
  • n. A hacking blow.
  • n. A gouge or notch made by such a blow.
  • n. A dry cough.
  • n. A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
  • n. (figuratively) A try, an attempt.
  • n. (curling) The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes…
  • n. (obsolete) A mattock or a miner's pickaxe.
  • n. (computing, slang) An illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network.
  • n. (computing, slang) A video game or any computer software that has been altered from its original state.
  • n. (computing) An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.
  • n. (computing) An expedient, temporary solution, such as a small patch or change to code, meant to be replaced…
  • n. (colloquial) A trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
  • n. (slang, military) Time check.
  • n. (baseball) A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter.
  • n. A kick on the shins in football.
  • n. (falconry) A board which the falcon's food is placed on; used by extension for the state of partial freedom…
  • n. A food-rack for cattle.
  • n. A rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese.
  • n. A grating in a mill race.
  • v. To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
  • v. (falconry) To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.
  • n. (obsolete) An ordinary saddle horse, especially one which has been let out for hire and is old and tired.
  • n. A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work. (newspaper hack).
  • n. (pejorative) Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.
  • n. (slang) A taxicab (hackney cab) driver.
  • n. A coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a coach with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney…
  • n. (pejorative) An untalented writer.
  • n. (pejorative) One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to…
  • n. (pejorative) A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.
  • n. (politics) A political agitator. (slightly derogatory).
  • n. (obsolete) A writer who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.
  • n. (obsolete) A procuress.
  • v. (dated) To make common or cliched; to vulgarise.
  • v. To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).
  • v. (obsolete) To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.
  • v. (obsolete) To live the life of a drudge or hack.
  • v. To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
  • v. To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
  • n. A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for…
  • v. To play hackeysack.

holler

  • n. A yell, shout.
  • n. By extension, any communication to get somebody's attention.
  • v. (intransitive) To yell or shout.
  • v. (transitive) To call out one or more words.
  • v. To complain, gripe.
  • n. (Southern US, Appalachia) Alternative form of hollow (small valley between mountains).
  • adj. (dialectal, especially Southern US, Appalachia) Alternative form of hollow.

hollo

  • interj. Hey, hello.
  • n. A cry of "hollo".
  • v. To cry "hollo".

outcry

  • n. a loud cry or uproar.
  • n. a strong protest.
  • v. (intransitive) To cry out.
  • v. (transitive) To cry louder than.

scream

  • n. A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, usually horror, fear, excitement et cetera. Can be the…
  • n. (music) A form of singing associated with the metal and screamo styles of music. It is a loud, rough,…
  • n. (informal) Used as an intensifier.
  • n. (printers' slang) exclamation mark.
  • v. To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or…
  • v. To move quickly; to race.

shout

  • n. A loud burst of voice or voices; a violent and sudden outcry, especially that of a multitude expressing…
  • n. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, slang) A round of drinks in a pub; the turn to pay the shot or scot;…
  • n. (Britain, Australia, jargon, slang) A call-out for an emergency services team.
  • n. (informal) A greeting, name-check or other mention, for example on a radio or TV programme. (also shout…
  • v. (intransitive) To utter a sudden and loud cry, as in joy, triumph, or exultation, or to attract attention,…
  • v. (transitive) To utter with a shout; to cry; to shout out.
  • v. (colloquial) To pay for food, drink or entertainment for others.
  • v. (Internet) To post a text message (for example, email) in upper case.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To treat with shouts or clamor.

squall

  • n. (meteorology) A squall line, multicell line, or part of a squall line.
  • n. (often nautical) A sudden storm, as found in a squall line.
  • v. To cry or wail loudly.

vociferation

  • n. The act of exclaiming; violent outcry; vehement utterance of the voice.

yell

  • v. (intransitive) shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice.
  • v. (transitive) to convey by shouting.
  • n. A shout.
  • n. A phrase to be shouted.
  • adj. (Ulster) dry (of cow).

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