whoop
noun
a loud cry or shout, as of excitement or joy.
was whooping
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past progressiveof whoop.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“I was at a Count Basie concert and he was sitting behind me and he was whooping and hollering so much everybody was wondering who this crazy guy was!” said Acox.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 26, 2019
First, it was whooping cough: in 2012, more than forty-eight thousand cases and twenty deaths were reported to the Centers for Disease Control, the greatest number since 1955.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 8, 2015
“Where I was, everybody was whooping and hollering,” he told internal affairs investigators.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2014
And Morrissey was whooping charmingly over the top of it all.”
From Time ● Jan. 16, 2013
Everybody was whooping and hollowing and I kicked my legs to get down but I couldn’t because Mama had a hold of me so tight it was hurting my arm.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
