whoop

1. (intransitive) To make a whoop.Examples: "each whooping with a merry shout"; "When naught was heard but now and then the howl / Of some vile cur, or whooping of the owl."intransitive

2. (transitive) To shout, to yell.Examples: "I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan."transitive

3. (transitive, obsolete) To insult with shouts; to chase with derision.Examples: "And suffered me by the voice of slaves to be / Whooped out of Rome."obsoletetransitive