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† 1. trans. and intr. To hoot. Obs.
1599. Porter, Angry Wom. Abingt., H 4. He is gone vp and downe, whoing like an Owle for thee.
1614. Breton, I would & I would not, xx. All the Beggers in the streets would whoo me.
2. intr. To utter the sound denoted by whoo.
1872. Darwin, Emotions, ix. 232. A booing or whooing noise.
1891. T. Hardy, Tess, ix. Pouting up that pretty red mouth to whistling shape, and whooing and whooing,… and never being able to produce a note.
