whoop
noun
a loud cry or shout, as of excitement or joy.
were 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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So there the Rays were, whooping it up three days after their actual clincher.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2023
Both Watters and his audience — who were whooping and hollering — are just so clearly threatened by Dr. Fauci.
From Salon ● Dec. 22, 2021
People were whooping and laughing in the next car and in other cars, farther away.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 30, 2018
On the ship we were whooping it up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2015
My heart was racing and my head was hurting, but the girls were whooping and hugging each other in the backseat.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
