'Hooping cough' definitions:

Definition of 'Hooping cough'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop. [1913 Webster]
  • Hooping cough. (Med.) See Whooping cough. [1913 Webster]