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Hooping cough
(gcide) | Hoop \Hoop\, v. i. [OE. houpen; cf. F. houper to hoop, to shout;
-- a hunting term, prob. fr. houp, an interj. used in
calling. Cf. Whoop.]
1. To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by
way of call or pursuit; to shout. [Usually written
whoop.]
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2. To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop.
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Hooping cough. (Med.) See Whooping cough.
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whooping cough
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Whooping cough
(gcide) | Whooping \Whoop"ing\,
a. & n. from Whoop, v. t.
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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 (Zool.), a North American crane ({Crus
Americana}) noted for the loud, whooplike note which it
utters.
Whooping swan (Zool.), the whooper swan. See the Note under
Swan.
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whooping cough
(wn) | whooping cough
n 1: a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane [syn:
whooping cough, pertussis] |
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