Dictionary entry

Whooping cough

Pronunciation: /ˈhuːpɪŋ ˌkɒf/

Pronunciation

/ˈhuːpɪŋ ˌkɒf/

Myanmar Meaning

ကြက်ညှာချောင်းဆိုးရောဂါ။

Definition

whoop /wu:p, hu:p/ n ၁။ (ျမဴးေပ်ာ္သြား၍၊ အံ့ဩ၍) ဟစ္ေအာ္သံ။ They opened the parcel with whoops of delight. ၂။ တဟြပ္ဟြပ္ေခ်ာင္းသံ။ v ျမဴးေပ်ာ္ေအာ္ဟစ္သည္။ singing and whooping with glee. ❏ whooping cough /'hu:pÇŋ kɒf; US -kↄ:f/ n [U] ၾကက္ညႇာေခ်ာင္းဆိုး။ ❏ whoop it up /wu:p; US wƱp/ [ IDM ] ( infml ) တေပ်ာ္တပါး ဟစ္ကာေအာ္ကာ ပါဝင္ဆင္ႏႊဲသည္။ After their victory they were whooping it up all night long.

Examples

  1. ‘If the reports turn out to be true
  2. resellers and probably Linux developers will issue a whoop of delight.’
  3. ‘When she hung up the phone
  4. Jasmine couldn't resist jumping to her feet and letting out a little whoop of excitement.’
  5. ‘In December
  6. at the World Cup draw
  7. Australian officials let loose a whoop of delight when they were drawn in the same group as the defending champions.’
  8. ‘After two hours I'd seen nothing but steep greenery and heard nothing but the occasional whoop.’
  9. ‘She let out a loud whoop and urged her horse on faster.’
  10. ‘‘Fine
  11. ’ she sighed and the guys and I let out a loud whoop of success.’
  12. ‘The whoop of relief and delight that went up from the assembled crew nearly knocked both of them back into the hall.’
  13. ‘Gareth attempted a whoop and may even have punched the air.’
  14. ‘Jackson rolled his eyes
  15. then
  16. walking ahead eagerly
  17. peered around the next bend and gave a whoop of delight.’
  18. ‘Josh let out a loud whoop before wrapping his arms around her and lifting her off the ground.’
  19. ‘The boy gave a whoop of delight and raced away.’
  20. ‘I believe I startled a great many innocent Canadians
  21. some perhaps as far away as Vancouver
  22. with my unrestrained whoop of delight.’
  23. ‘I jumped up in the air
  24. letting out a loud whoop of joy.’
  25. ‘Then with a loud whoop
  26. he shoved his heels into the stallion's sides.’
  27. ‘Before he could even wonder what she had agreed to
  28. he heard a loud whoop of joy.’
  29. ‘Jack let out a loud whoop as he spurred his horse on.’
  30. ‘Finally
  31. why did the press whoop for joy and glory at the colonial elections?’
  32. ‘Can I have been the only Murdochian who gave a whoop of delight at reading John Jones's Diary?’
  33. ‘With a whoop of laughter
  34. she adds
  35. ‘But I've been around for so long that people are afraid to disagree with me.’’
  36. ‘The whoop of an Indian war cry stopped Ben from answering.’