[f. as prec. + -ING2.] a. That whoops; esp. in whooping crane, the large white crane of N. America, Grus americana; whooping swan = WHOOPER b. b. Of a sound or cry: Of the nature of a whoop. (Cf. HOOPING ppl. a.2)
1757. Phil. Trans., LI. 78. An hideous whooping noise, like that of a child in a chin-cough.
1775. Adair, Amer. Ind., 293. Suspicion, that he was sent to shoot me … as soon as he heard the whooping death-signal.
1791. W. Bartram, Carolina, 433. The great and beautiful whooping crane.
1839. Longf., Wreck of Hesperus, xvii. A whooping billow swept the crew Like icicles from her deck.
1852. Macgillivray, Brit. Birds, IV. 659. Cygnus musicus. The Whooping Swan.
1895. Jas. Prior, Renie, xix. A band of whistling, whooping lads playing at stalky.
