whoop
noun
a loud cry or shout, as of excitement or joy.
had been whooping
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past perfect progressiveof whoop.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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The voice of NBC, which for months had been whooping up its coming telecast of the Louis-Walcott fight, fell suddenly, mysteriously silent about it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pop-eyed Townsendites, who had been whooping and hollering "Amen!"' all through the speech, climbed on their chairs, made their earlier cheers for Dr. Townsend sound like feeble piping.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jerry and Carl had been whooping and sliding down the banisters as she came through the hall.
From Rainbow Valley by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
Day before yesterday he had been whooping along the beach at Venice, wading out and diving under the breakers just as they combed for the booming lunge against the sand cluttered with humanity at play.
From The Lookout Man by B. M. Bower
