whoop
noun
a loud cry or shout, as of excitement or joy.
have whooped
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present perfectof whoop.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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All human progress, even in morals, has been the work of men who have doubted the current moral values, not of men who have whooped them up and tried to enforce them.
From Time ● Apr. 16, 2013
Keggs could have whooped with delight had not such an action seemed to him likely to prejudice his chances of retaining a good situation.
From The Coming of Bill by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
I could have whooped for joy when I elicited something particularly incisive about the ignorance of the masses.
From Dolly Dialogues by Anthony Hope
Those incorrigibles, her cousins, would have whooped with joy at her unmistakable terror when she held out a trembling hand and gasped faintly: "H-how do you—do?"
From Good Indian by B. M. Bower
He held his handkerchief over his gory face that the sight might not distress her; he could have whooped with delight at the joy that flashed through her wet lids.
From The Valley of the Giants by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne
