whoopings wan (hopingswon)

The hooper or elk. See swan. whoop-la (höp'lä), interj. [See whoop1, v.] Whoop! hallo! Also spelled hoop - la and houp - la. The glad voices, and " whoop - la " to the hounds as the party galloped down the valley. Mrs. E. B. Custer , Boots and Saddles, p. 109. whoott (höt), v. [Also sometimes whute ; var. spelling of hoot. Cf. whew.] Same as hoot . The man who shews his heart Is whooted for his nudities. Young, Night Thoughts, viii. 335. whop, whap (hwop), v.; pret. and pp. whopped, whapped, ppr. whopping, whapping. [Also wop; prob. var. of quap1, quop1, perhaps a ociated with whip. Cf. wap1.] I. trans. To beat; strike; whip. [Colloq.] Bunch had put his boys to a famous school, where they might whop the French boys, and learn all the modern languages. Thackeray , Philip, xviii. II. in trans. 1. To vanish suddenly. Halli well. [North. Eng.] -2. To plump suddenly down, as on the ground; flop; turn suddenly: as, she whopped down on the floor; the fish whopped over. [U. S.]