Whooping
Whoop"ing
, a. & n. from Whoop, v. t.[1913 Webster]
Whooping cough
(Med.), a violent, convulsive cough, returning at longer or shorter intervals, and consisting of several expirations, followed by a sonorous inspiration, or whoop; chin cough; hooping cough.
Dunglison. --
Whooping crane
(Zol.), a North American crane (Crus Americana) noted for the loud, whooplike note which it utters. --
Whooping swan
(Zol.), the whooper swan. See the Note under Swan.
[1913 Webster]
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