What are the meaning, origin and usage of the word whooping?

Whooping (v)

Whooping is a verb. It means to give a loud, excited shout especially to show your enjoyment of or agreement with something. In medicine, whooping cough is a contagious disease, mainly a etching children.

Origin

The word “whooping” has been derived partly from Old French words “huper, houper’, which means “to cry out shout”.

Examples

Here’s how whooping can be used in a sentence:

1. Gita whooped for joy as she won 1st prize in the spelling bee.

2. Loud cheers and whoops echoed from the stands as Rohit Sharma scored a century against Sri Lanka.

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