the hoopoe.-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.-to cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough.-to insult with shouts; to chase with derision.-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.-a loud, shrill, prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough.