Whoop″ing, 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(Zoöl.), a North American crane (Crus Americana) noted for the loud, whooplike note which it utters. — Whooping swan(Zoöl.), the whooper swan. See the Note under Swan.