hooping cough

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hooping cough - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hoop \Hoop\, v. i. [OE. houpen; cf. F. houper to hoop, to shout;
     -- a hunting term, prob. fr. houp, an interj. used in
     calling. Cf. Whoop.]
     1. To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by
        way of call or pursuit; to shout. [Usually written
        whoop.]
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     2. To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop.
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     Hooping cough. (Med.) See Whooping cough.
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