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Pronunciation : Whoop"ing
Definition : Defn: a. & n. from Whoop, v. t. 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 (Zo?l.), a North American crane (Crus Americana) noted for the loud, whooplike note which it utters. -- Whooping swan (Zo?l.), the whooper swan. See the Note under Swan.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913