1. (n.) The hoopoe.

2. (v. i.) To utter a whoop, or loud cry, as eagerness, enthusiasm, or enjoyment; to cry out; to shout; to halloo; to utter a war whoop; to hoot, as an owl.

3. (v. i.) To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough.

4. (v. t.) To insult with shouts; to chase with derision.

5. (n.) A shout of pursuit or of war; a very of eagerness, enthusiasm, enjoyment, vengeance, terror, or the like; an halloo; a hoot, or cry, as of an owl.

6. (n.) A loud, shrill, prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough.

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