whoon.

Brit.

/huː/,

/wuː/, U.S.

/hu/,

/(h)wu/

Forms: see whoo int.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: whoo int.

Etymology: < whoo int.

1. The characteristic hooting call of some species of owl; (in earliest use) an imitation of this. Also in later use: a hooting, whistling, or howling sound made by any of various animals and birds, such as whooper swans, whooping cranes, and some species of gibbon and monkey. Often duplicated.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] > hooting or whooping sound

woo-hoo1656

whoo1706

pant-hoot1968

1706 T. D'Urfey Wonders in Sun iii. 50 There I keep my Father's Owls, There I feed 'em yearly. [Whoo, woo, mimicks an Owl.] Whooing here, Whooing there, Here a whoo, there a whoo, every where a whoo.

1894 Tuftonian 20 Oct. 20 The weird ‘whoo! whoo!’ of an owl breaks the stillness.

1902 W. Brewster in Bull. Mus. Compar. Zoöl. Harvard 41 77 The note of this Pigeon seemed to Mr. Frazar ‘more the hoo of an Owl than the coo of a Dove’.

1909 C. H. Sternberg Life of Fossil Hunter vi. 144 No sound broke the deep silence, except now and then the whoo of an owl as it called to its mate far away in the depth of the forest.

2001 D. Gibbs et al. Pigeons & Doves 289/2 Territorial song..starts with a hoo..hoo.. followed by a longer, slightly rising woooo.

2. An exclamation or utterance of ‘whoo’ (see whoo int. 1).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [noun] > other specific cries or exclamations

O?c1225

heyc1400

hoc1405

whoopc1450

oha1535

ooh1602

whowb1602

phew1613

hogmanay1692

ah1712

yo-hope1724

whew1751

whoo1763

yah1812

yo-heave-ho1813

yoicks1817

yo-he-ho1827

yo1830

boo1833

yoick1854

hot-cha-cha1932

ooh-la-la1952

ooh-ah1957

eina1971

eish2005

1763 tr. A. Le Page du Pratz Hist. Louisiana I. iv. iii. 220 When he came before the hut of the deceased, he saluted him with a great hoo.

1840 Court & Lady's Mag. May 188 ‘Pat Casey abo' board,’ would ring from the opposite height, accompanied by the whild ‘whoo,’ so peculiar to the Irish.

1860 W. D. O'Connor Harrington xxii. 342 Both he and Roux were startled by..the apparition of Tugmutton..slapping over in a somerset.., coming up clean on his feet with a sober-staring face, and a low ‘Hoo!’.

1951 G. P. Evans Small-game Shooting xiv. 115 As each bird rose he greeted it with a loud ‘hoo’ of astonishment.

1998 Pop. Mech. Jan. 73/2 Two blinks later we're..on the verge of losing control. Miklos lets out a loud ‘whoo’ and backs off the throttle.

2020 Santa Fe New Mexican (Nexis) 4 Feb. c1 In the clip, viewers see Rawal explode with a ‘Whoo!’—his hands raised in the air in celebration, before hugging his rival.

3. A low rushing, whistling, or moaning sound, as of the wind, a missile travelling through the air, etc. Also reduplicated or extended.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [noun] > rushing sound

rushinga1398

rusha1500

whither?a1505

whithering1787

rushingness1833

whoop1840

whoo1842

whooping1884

whooing1890

whoof1898

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [noun] > rushing sound > of wind

hurlinga1398

whoo1842

windiness1879

huffle1889

suffling1904

wind noise1936

1842 T. Carlyle in Westm. Rev. Jan. 51 No answer; only the ever-moaning, gaunt, unsyllabled woo-woo of wind in empty churches!

1861 Dublin Univ. Mag. Nov. 527/2 The wind 'id begin again with such a hoo-hoo-o-o-high, you'd think it was laughing and crying, and hooting, all at once.

1890 T. C. DeLeon Four Years in Rebel Capitals xxix. 255 The air was black with flying shot and shell, and their wild whoo! made one continuous song through the sultry noon.

1918 L. M. Watt Heart of Soldier xiv. 189 The anti-aircraft shell-cases were coming down with a ‘whoo’.

1942 V. Swain Dollar Gold Piece xi. 98 No street sounds reached her, nothing but the whoo of a train down there by the river.

2019 TVEyes (Nexis) (transcript of TV programme) 1 Feb. Roy went to the desert, where he collected the ‘whoo!’ of the whistling wind.

4. A long, low moan or wail, regarded as the characteristic cry of a ghost. Often reduplicated or extended.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [noun] > wail or howl

yowlinga1225

yei?a1289

yollinga1300

howling1490

yowl?a1513

yawling1568

blayinga1586

whewling1609

howla1616

vagitusa1651

ululation?1799

gowl1805

waul1856

wow1862

whoo1891

blarting1898

ululance1951

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [noun] > moan or groan

groaningc1000

groanc1325

grank1513

moan1599

moaning1724

whoo1891

1891 Station Agent Nov. 132/1 After she had been visible for a moment or two, three piercing screams would be heard in rapid succession, and then she would disappear amid a peculiar blood-curdling woo-woo-woo.

1929 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. 12 Oct. 29/7 If we stay here we won't even know it is Hallowe'en. (From off stage comes a ‘Whooooo’ ‘Whoooooo’ ‘Whoooooo’).

1998 I. Whybrow Little Wolf's Haunted Hall (1999) 13 He likes to come slidingly through the wall saying a terrible WOOOOO!

2007 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 28 Oct. 29 Many ghosts now leave the tomb unable to string two woooos together.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

whoov.

Brit.

/huː/,

/wuː/, U.S.

/hu/,

/(h)wu/

Forms: see whoo int.; also 1500s who, 1800s hou (Scottish).

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: whoo int.

Etymology: < whoo int. Compare hue v.²

1. Of a person.

a. intransitive. To utter the exclamation ‘whoo’; to hoot or whoop in order to attract attention, to express disapproval or (now especially) excitement or enthusiasm.In quot. 1599 a person doing this is likened to a hooting owl; cf. sense 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > whistle

whistlec1000

whewc1475

whoo1599

pipea1616

wheep1808

wheeple1818

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > whoop or hoot

hoota1225

whoopc1390

whoo1599

to whoop out1704

1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. I4^v He is gone vp and downe, whoing like an Owle for thee.

1769 S. Massey Cure for Spleen 10 There's no more to be said, Of what follow'd, But I neer shall forget how we guttled and eat, Whoo'd and hallow'd.

1834 Dublin Penny Jrnl. 19 Apr. 336/1 Peter rushed from the inner room, holding his cudgel with a fighting grip, and whooing, and hurrooing in the eagerness with which he was about to pursue.

1896 A. Blair Rantin Robin & Marget 43 They instantly began to ‘Hoo’ at Marget, an' some o' them flang a snawba at her.

1965 Amrita Bazar Patrika Puja Ann. 120/2 She smiled and hooed and asked the friend to wait.

2014 M. P Ziegfeld Breaking Out of Show Business 187 If you are whoo-ing and clapping, it's because you didn't think it ws funny enough to laugh.

†b. transitive. To shout ‘whoo’ at (a person); to hoot derisively at. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [verb (transitive)] > whoop or hoot

whoop1575

whoo1614

1614 N. Breton I would, & would Not xx. sig. B^v All the Beggers in the streets would whoo me.

2. intransitive. Of an owl: to make a hooting call. Later also: (of any of various animals or birds) to make a hooting, whistling, or howling sound. Occasionally also: to hoot in imitation of an owl.

ΚΠ

1810 A. Cunningham et al. Remains Nithsdale & Galloway Song 276 When the gray Howlet has three times hoo'd.

1935 R. Campbell Teak-wallah ii. 30 The great portals of rock..where monkeys whooed and the panther coughed raggedly.

2012 N. Baker Delusions xi. 141 The crickets chirped. The owl whooed. Dew dripped unsteadily to the forest floor.

3. intransitive. Of the wind, a flying missile, siren, etc.: to make a prolonged low whistling, rushing, or wailing sound.

ΚΠ

1858 Harvard Mag. Dec. 415 How the wind sighs and moans and ‘whoos’ round the walls of time-honored Massachusetts!

1865 Cornhill Mag. July 37 The West-countryman says the wind ‘hoois’, and the North-countryman that ‘it soughs’.

1917 H. de V. Stacpoole Sea Plunder ix. 142 Another shell came whooing and whining from the spectred Minerva before the white Pacific fog blotted her out.

1942 H. G. Felsen Jungle Highway i. 13 Muffled sirens ‘whoo-ed’ in hoarse tones... A bell clanged in the pilot house.

2014 A. Davies Using Festivals to Inspire & Engage Young Children 62 The wind is blowing at my door, it's whooshing, shooshing, whooing, whirring.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

whooint.

Brit.

/huː/,

/wuː/,

/hwuː/, U.S.

/hu/,

/(h)wu/

Forms:

α. 1600s whooh, 1700s–1800s whoogh, Middle English– whoo.

β. 1500s– hoo, 1800s–1900s hu.

Also reduplicated, and with the final vowel repeated three or more times.

Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Imitative. Compare whoop int., ho int.¹ Earlier currency is probably implied by whoop-whoo int. Compare whoo-whoop int. and n., woo-hoo int.On the form and pronunciation history compare note at whoop v.

1. Representing a cry or exclamation used to attract attention, or to express various emotions or reactions, such as surprise, grief, or (now usually) exuberant excitement or delight. Also reduplicated.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [interjection] > other specific cries or exclamations

oeOE

heya1225

ouc1300

we13..

hac1320

how1377

how now?c1380

vaha1382

ha a!c1386

ha ha!c1386

hoa1400

ohoa1400

yowc1440

yoa1475

heh1475

hey ho?c1475

huffc1485

wemaya1500

whewa1500

wow1513

huffa?1520

gup?1528

ist1540

whow1542

hougha1556

whoo1570

good-now1578

ooh1602

phew1604

highday1606

huh1608

whoo-whoop1611

sessaa1616

tara1672

hegh1723

hip1735

waugha1766

whoofa1766

jee1786

goody1796

yaw1797

hech1808

whoo-ee1811

whizz1812

yah1812

soh1815

sirs1816

how1817

quep1822

soho1825

ow1834

ouch1838

pfui1838

suz1844

shoo1845

yoop1847

upsadaisy1862

houp-la1870

hooch1871

nu1892

ouff1898

upsy1903

oo-er1909

ooh-wee1910

eina1913

oops1921

whoopsie1923

whoops-a-daisy1925

hot-cha-cha1929

upsadaisy1929

walla1929

hotcha1931

hi-de-ho1936

po po po1936

ho-de-ho1941

oh, oh1944

oopsy1956

chingas1984

bambi2007

1570 T. North tr. A. F. Doni Morall Philos. iii. f. 74 O here is a braue sight, looke, here is a goodly ieast, whoo, what bugge haue we here saide some.

1606 J. Bartlet Bk. Ayres xx. sig. L2^v Poore Margerie cride whoo..did ring nights larum bell.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. i. 104 Take my Cappe Iupiter, and I thanke thee: hoo, Martius comming home?

1675 Duke of Buckingham Rehearsal (ed. 3) v. 52 Smi. I had rather be bound to fight your Battle, I assure you, Sir. Bayes. Whoo [1672 Why]! there's it now: fight a Battle? there's the common error.

1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Whoo, whoo, an interjection, marking great surprize.

1796 F. Burney Camilla II. iii. v. 99 Pray can he really read? Whoo! says I, why he does nothing else.

1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling ii. v. 190 A dreary pulpit or even conventicle manner; that flattest moaning hoo-hoo of predetermined pathos.

1883 J. Brinsley-Richards Seven Years at Eton 116 I heard a cry of Hoo! tug! and..had just time to see the wretched little colleger clattering down the staircase.

1911 T. E. Lawrence Home Lett. (1954) 154 [With reference to a double wedding celebration in Syria.] With a mighty firing of guns & pistols, and the hu-hu-hu and violent tahleel of the women.

2018 @jlsmith921 21 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 18 Mar. 2021) Whoooo!!! What a great start to the day!

2. Representing the characteristic hooting call made by some species of owl. Later also: representing various hooting, whistling, or howling calls made by other animals and bird. Also reduplicated.Cf. tu-whit tu-whoo int., tu-whoo int. and n., whoop n.¹ 2, woo-hoo n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [interjection] > cry of owl

tu-whoo1579

whoo1581

tu-whit1591

tu-whit tu-whoo1594

woo-hoo1771

boo hoo1799

1581 P. Wiburn Checke or Reproofe M. Howlets Shreeching f. 103 Neuer crye hoo hoo, at the matter like an Owle.

1776 Weekly Museum 17 Feb. 483 The Thrush and the Lark..They do their warbling notes display;..King's-Fisher next appears in view, Lastly the Owl to cry whoo, whoo.

1785 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. ii. 543 Its [sc. a swan's] sound is, whoogh, whoogh, very loud and shrill, but not disagreeable.

1898 in S. W. Denton Pages from Naturalist's Diary (1949) 132 Some kind of owl is calling whoo every minute or so. I wonder if it is the great horned owl.

1956 E. H. Blackburn Land of Silver Spruce 155 As he cut across a brush-filled lot, he heard the hoot of an owl. ‘Whooo! Whooo!’

2013 C.-S. Tei Mouse Deer Kingdom 123 ‘Whoo—’ The whooping of a gibbon tears across the darkness, loud in the dead silence.

3. Representing a low rushing, whistling, wailing, or moaning sound, as made by the wind, a missile travelling through the air, etc.; (also) representing the sound of a siren, steam whistle, etc. Frequently reduplicated or extended.

ΚΠ

1844 Bradford Observe 22 Aug. 7/2 ‘Whoo! whoo!’ murmured the wind, as it sweapt through the withered bushes!

1889 L. Hearn Chita i. iv. 35 The Wind grew weird. It ceased being a breath; it became a Voice moaning across the world,—hooting,—uttering nightmare sounds,—Whoo!—Whoo!—Whoo!.

1901 E. W. B. Morrison With Guns in S. Afr. xxii. 156 I heard the crooning whistle.., and I thought for three seconds that..that shell was bound to land in the pit of my stomach. Whoo-oo-oo-oo, it swooped down over the heads of my section.

1936 Supreme Court Appellate Div. 4th Dept.: B. E. O'Brian against Highland Hosp. Rochester 223 Q. Do you know how a siren operates? A. Yes, sir... They go—‘Whoo,’ like that.

1976 J. McCloskey in J. Schultz Angels in my Oven 43 At 9:39 the Burlington rumbled by. A milk run. Whoooo. Whooooo. The whistle revived Joe.

1999 R. Francis Fat Hen (2000) 17 The wind went whoo suddenly.

4. Representing a long, low moan or wail, regarded as the characteristic cry of a ghost, and hence used to evoke an eerie or spooky atmosphere. Frequently extended or reduplicated.

ΚΠ

1889 tr. A. Dumas La Dame de Monsoreau II. xxxiii. 204 It really makes me sick to look at those fellows,—playing ghost, like little boys, and trying to frighten men by crying, ‘Hoo! hoo!’ [Fr. hou! hou!].

1915 Little Verses & Big Names 112 Tommy told a real ghost-story—A story that'd scare you, too, About seven little ghosts sitting up on seven posts, Saying ‘Woo! Woo-oo! Woo-oo-o!’

1939 Lake Park (Iowa) News 2 Nov. 3/1 Woo-woo 'tis the night of Hallowe'en Woo, Woo when such skeery things are seen.

1963 W. Hall & K. Waterhouse England our England 18 So far as we can gather, an English ghost always goes ‘Whooooo.’

2008 Independent (Nexis) 10 Feb. 34 ‘We used to get dressed up and stand by the side of the road at night going, wooo, wooo, like ghosts.’ She waves her arms and hunches her shoulders as if covered by an invisible white sheet.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

n.1706

v.1599

int.1570

单词	whoo
释义	whoon. Brit. /huː/, /wuː/, U.S. /hu/, /(h)wu/ Forms: see whoo int. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: whoo int. Etymology: < whoo int. 1. The characteristic hooting call of some species of owl; (in earliest use) an imitation of this. Also in later use: a hooting, whistling, or howling sound made by any of various animals and birds, such as whooper swans, whooping cranes, and some species of gibbon and monkey. Often duplicated. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] > hooting or whooping sound woo-hoo1656 whoo1706 pant-hoot1968 1706 T. D'Urfey Wonders in Sun iii. 50 There I keep my Father's Owls, There I feed 'em yearly. [Whoo, woo, mimicks an Owl.] Whooing here, Whooing there, Here a whoo, there a whoo, every where a whoo. 1894 Tuftonian 20 Oct. 20 The weird ‘whoo! whoo!’ of an owl breaks the stillness. 1902 W. Brewster in Bull. Mus. Compar. Zoöl. Harvard 41 77 The note of this Pigeon seemed to Mr. Frazar ‘more the hoo of an Owl than the coo of a Dove’. 1909 C. H. Sternberg Life of Fossil Hunter vi. 144 No sound broke the deep silence, except now and then the whoo of an owl as it called to its mate far away in the depth of the forest. 2001 D. Gibbs et al. Pigeons & Doves 289/2 Territorial song..starts with a hoo..hoo.. followed by a longer, slightly rising woooo. 2. An exclamation or utterance of ‘whoo’ (see whoo int. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [noun] > other specific cries or exclamations O?c1225 heyc1400 hoc1405 whoopc1450 oha1535 ooh1602 whowb1602 phew1613 hogmanay1692 ah1712 yo-hope1724 whew1751 whoo1763 yah1812 yo-heave-ho1813 yoicks1817 yo-he-ho1827 yo1830 boo1833 yoick1854 hot-cha-cha1932 ooh-la-la1952 ooh-ah1957 eina1971 eish2005 1763 tr. A. Le Page du Pratz Hist. Louisiana I. iv. iii. 220 When he came before the hut of the deceased, he saluted him with a great hoo. 1840 Court & Lady's Mag. May 188 ‘Pat Casey abo' board,’ would ring from the opposite height, accompanied by the whild ‘whoo,’ so peculiar to the Irish. 1860 W. D. O'Connor Harrington xxii. 342 Both he and Roux were startled by..the apparition of Tugmutton..slapping over in a somerset.., coming up clean on his feet with a sober-staring face, and a low ‘Hoo!’. 1951 G. P. Evans Small-game Shooting xiv. 115 As each bird rose he greeted it with a loud ‘hoo’ of astonishment. 1998 Pop. Mech. Jan. 73/2 Two blinks later we're..on the verge of losing control. Miklos lets out a loud ‘whoo’ and backs off the throttle. 2020 Santa Fe New Mexican (Nexis) 4 Feb. c1 In the clip, viewers see Rawal explode with a ‘Whoo!’—his hands raised in the air in celebration, before hugging his rival. 3. A low rushing, whistling, or moaning sound, as of the wind, a missile travelling through the air, etc. Also reduplicated or extended. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [noun] > rushing sound rushinga1398 rusha1500 whither?a1505 whithering1787 rushingness1833 whoop1840 whoo1842 whooping1884 whooing1890 whoof1898 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [noun] > rushing sound > of wind hurlinga1398 whoo1842 windiness1879 huffle1889 suffling1904 wind noise1936 1842 T. Carlyle in Westm. Rev. Jan. 51 No answer; only the ever-moaning, gaunt, unsyllabled woo-woo of wind in empty churches! 1861 Dublin Univ. Mag. Nov. 527/2 The wind 'id begin again with such a hoo-hoo-o-o-high, you'd think it was laughing and crying, and hooting, all at once. 1890 T. C. DeLeon Four Years in Rebel Capitals xxix. 255 The air was black with flying shot and shell, and their wild whoo! made one continuous song through the sultry noon. 1918 L. M. Watt Heart of Soldier xiv. 189 The anti-aircraft shell-cases were coming down with a ‘whoo’. 1942 V. Swain Dollar Gold Piece xi. 98 No street sounds reached her, nothing but the whoo of a train down there by the river. 2019 TVEyes (Nexis) (transcript of TV programme) 1 Feb. Roy went to the desert, where he collected the ‘whoo!’ of the whistling wind. 4. A long, low moan or wail, regarded as the characteristic cry of a ghost. Often reduplicated or extended. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [noun] > wail or howl yowlinga1225 yei?a1289 yollinga1300 howling1490 yowl?a1513 yawling1568 blayinga1586 whewling1609 howla1616 vagitusa1651 ululation?1799 gowl1805 waul1856 wow1862 whoo1891 blarting1898 ululance1951 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [noun] > moan or groan groaningc1000 groanc1325 grank1513 moan1599 moaning1724 whoo1891 1891 Station Agent Nov. 132/1 After she had been visible for a moment or two, three piercing screams would be heard in rapid succession, and then she would disappear amid a peculiar blood-curdling woo-woo-woo. 1929 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. 12 Oct. 29/7 If we stay here we won't even know it is Hallowe'en. (From off stage comes a ‘Whooooo’ ‘Whoooooo’ ‘Whoooooo’). 1998 I. Whybrow Little Wolf's Haunted Hall (1999) 13 He likes to come slidingly through the wall saying a terrible WOOOOO! 2007 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 28 Oct. 29 Many ghosts now leave the tomb unable to string two woooos together. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). whoov. Brit. /huː/, /wuː/, U.S. /hu/, /(h)wu/ Forms: see whoo int.; also 1500s who, 1800s hou (Scottish). Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: whoo int. Etymology: < whoo int. Compare hue v.² 1. Of a person. a. intransitive. To utter the exclamation ‘whoo’; to hoot or whoop in order to attract attention, to express disapproval or (now especially) excitement or enthusiasm.In quot. 1599 a person doing this is likened to a hooting owl; cf. sense 2. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > whistle whistlec1000 whewc1475 whoo1599 pipea1616 wheep1808 wheeple1818 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > whoop or hoot hoota1225 whoopc1390 whoo1599 to whoop out1704 1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. I4^v He is gone vp and downe, whoing like an Owle for thee. 1769 S. Massey Cure for Spleen 10 There's no more to be said, Of what follow'd, But I neer shall forget how we guttled and eat, Whoo'd and hallow'd. 1834 Dublin Penny Jrnl. 19 Apr. 336/1 Peter rushed from the inner room, holding his cudgel with a fighting grip, and whooing, and hurrooing in the eagerness with which he was about to pursue. 1896 A. Blair Rantin Robin & Marget 43 They instantly began to ‘Hoo’ at Marget, an' some o' them flang a snawba at her. 1965 Amrita Bazar Patrika Puja Ann. 120/2 She smiled and hooed and asked the friend to wait. 2014 M. P Ziegfeld Breaking Out of Show Business 187 If you are whoo-ing and clapping, it's because you didn't think it ws funny enough to laugh. †b. transitive. To shout ‘whoo’ at (a person); to hoot derisively at. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [verb (transitive)] > whoop or hoot whoop1575 whoo1614 1614 N. Breton I would, & would Not xx. sig. B^v All the Beggers in the streets would whoo me. 2. intransitive. Of an owl: to make a hooting call. Later also: (of any of various animals or birds) to make a hooting, whistling, or howling sound. Occasionally also: to hoot in imitation of an owl. ΚΠ 1706 T. D'Urfey Wonders in Sun iii. 50 There I keep my Father's Owls, There I feed 'em yearly. [Whoo, woo, mimicks an Owl.] Whooing here, Whooing there, Here a whoo, there a whoo, every where a whoo. 1810 A. Cunningham et al. Remains Nithsdale & Galloway Song 276 When the gray Howlet has three times hoo'd. 1935 R. Campbell Teak-wallah ii. 30 The great portals of rock..where monkeys whooed and the panther coughed raggedly. 2012 N. Baker Delusions xi. 141 The crickets chirped. The owl whooed. Dew dripped unsteadily to the forest floor. 3. intransitive. Of the wind, a flying missile, siren, etc.: to make a prolonged low whistling, rushing, or wailing sound. ΚΠ 1858 Harvard Mag. Dec. 415 How the wind sighs and moans and ‘whoos’ round the walls of time-honored Massachusetts! 1865 Cornhill Mag. July 37 The West-countryman says the wind ‘hoois’, and the North-countryman that ‘it soughs’. 1917 H. de V. Stacpoole Sea Plunder ix. 142 Another shell came whooing and whining from the spectred Minerva before the white Pacific fog blotted her out. 1942 H. G. Felsen Jungle Highway i. 13 Muffled sirens ‘whoo-ed’ in hoarse tones... A bell clanged in the pilot house. 2014 A. Davies Using Festivals to Inspire & Engage Young Children 62 The wind is blowing at my door, it's whooshing, shooshing, whooing, whirring. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022). whooint. Brit. /huː/, /wuː/, /hwuː/, U.S. /hu/, /(h)wu/ Forms: α. 1600s whooh, 1700s–1800s whoogh, Middle English– whoo. β. 1500s– hoo, 1800s–1900s hu. Also reduplicated, and with the final vowel repeated three or more times. Origin: An imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Imitative. Compare whoop int., ho int.¹ Earlier currency is probably implied by whoop-whoo int. Compare whoo-whoop int. and n., woo-hoo int.On the form and pronunciation history compare note at whoop v. 1. Representing a cry or exclamation used to attract attention, or to express various emotions or reactions, such as surprise, grief, or (now usually) exuberant excitement or delight. Also reduplicated. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [interjection] > other specific cries or exclamations oeOE heya1225 ouc1300 we13.. hac1320 how1377 how now?c1380 vaha1382 ha a!c1386 ha ha!c1386 hoa1400 ohoa1400 yowc1440 yoa1475 heh1475 hey ho?c1475 huffc1485 wemaya1500 whewa1500 wow1513 huffa?1520 gup?1528 ist1540 whow1542 hougha1556 whoo1570 good-now1578 ooh1602 phew1604 highday1606 huh1608 whoo-whoop1611 sessaa1616 tara1672 hegh1723 hip1735 waugha1766 whoofa1766 jee1786 goody1796 yaw1797 hech1808 whoo-ee1811 whizz1812 yah1812 soh1815 sirs1816 how1817 quep1822 soho1825 ow1834 ouch1838 pfui1838 suz1844 shoo1845 yoop1847 upsadaisy1862 houp-la1870 hooch1871 nu1892 ouff1898 upsy1903 oo-er1909 ooh-wee1910 eina1913 oops1921 whoopsie1923 whoops-a-daisy1925 hot-cha-cha1929 upsadaisy1929 walla1929 hotcha1931 hi-de-ho1936 po po po1936 ho-de-ho1941 oh, oh1944 oopsy1956 chingas1984 bambi2007 1570 T. North tr. A. F. Doni Morall Philos. iii. f. 74 O here is a braue sight, looke, here is a goodly ieast, whoo, what bugge haue we here saide some. 1606 J. Bartlet Bk. Ayres xx. sig. L2^v Poore Margerie cride whoo..did ring nights larum bell. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. i. 104 Take my Cappe Iupiter, and I thanke thee: hoo, Martius comming home? View more context for this quotation 1675 Duke of Buckingham Rehearsal (ed. 3) v. 52 Smi. I had rather be bound to fight your Battle, I assure you, Sir. Bayes. Whoo [1672 Why]! there's it now: fight a Battle? there's the common error. 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Whoo, whoo, an interjection, marking great surprize. 1796 F. Burney Camilla II. iii. v. 99 Pray can he really read? Whoo! says I, why he does nothing else. 1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling ii. v. 190 A dreary pulpit or even conventicle manner; that flattest moaning hoo-hoo of predetermined pathos. 1883 J. Brinsley-Richards Seven Years at Eton 116 I heard a cry of Hoo! tug! and..had just time to see the wretched little colleger clattering down the staircase. 1911 T. E. Lawrence Home Lett. (1954) 154 [With reference to a double wedding celebration in Syria.] With a mighty firing of guns & pistols, and the hu-hu-hu and violent tahleel of the women. 2018 @jlsmith921 21 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 18 Mar. 2021) Whoooo!!! What a great start to the day! 2. Representing the characteristic hooting call made by some species of owl. Later also: representing various hooting, whistling, or howling calls made by other animals and bird. Also reduplicated.Cf. tu-whit tu-whoo int., tu-whoo int. and n., whoop n.¹ 2, woo-hoo n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [interjection] > cry of owl tu-whoo1579 whoo1581 tu-whit1591 tu-whit tu-whoo1594 woo-hoo1771 boo hoo1799 1581 P. Wiburn Checke or Reproofe M. Howlets Shreeching f. 103 Neuer crye hoo hoo, at the matter like an Owle. 1776 Weekly Museum 17 Feb. 483 The Thrush and the Lark..They do their warbling notes display;..King's-Fisher next appears in view, Lastly the Owl to cry whoo, whoo. 1785 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. ii. 543 Its [sc. a swan's] sound is, whoogh, whoogh, very loud and shrill, but not disagreeable. 1898 in S. W. Denton Pages from Naturalist's Diary (1949) 132 Some kind of owl is calling whoo every minute or so. I wonder if it is the great horned owl. 1956 E. H. Blackburn Land of Silver Spruce 155 As he cut across a brush-filled lot, he heard the hoot of an owl. ‘Whooo! Whooo!’ 2013 C.-S. Tei Mouse Deer Kingdom 123 ‘Whoo—’ The whooping of a gibbon tears across the darkness, loud in the dead silence. 3. Representing a low rushing, whistling, wailing, or moaning sound, as made by the wind, a missile travelling through the air, etc.; (also) representing the sound of a siren, steam whistle, etc. Frequently reduplicated or extended. ΚΠ 1844 Bradford Observe 22 Aug. 7/2 ‘Whoo! whoo!’ murmured the wind, as it sweapt through the withered bushes! 1889 L. Hearn Chita i. iv. 35 The Wind grew weird. It ceased being a breath; it became a Voice moaning across the world,—hooting,—uttering nightmare sounds,—Whoo!—Whoo!—Whoo!. 1901 E. W. B. Morrison With Guns in S. Afr. xxii. 156 I heard the crooning whistle.., and I thought for three seconds that..that shell was bound to land in the pit of my stomach. Whoo-oo-oo-oo, it swooped down over the heads of my section. 1936 Supreme Court Appellate Div. 4th Dept.: B. E. O'Brian against Highland Hosp. Rochester 223 Q. Do you know how a siren operates? A. Yes, sir... They go—‘Whoo,’ like that. 1976 J. McCloskey in J. Schultz Angels in my Oven 43 At 9:39 the Burlington rumbled by. A milk run. Whoooo. Whooooo. The whistle revived Joe. 1999 R. Francis Fat Hen (2000) 17 The wind went whoo suddenly. 4. Representing a long, low moan or wail, regarded as the characteristic cry of a ghost, and hence used to evoke an eerie or spooky atmosphere. Frequently extended or reduplicated. ΚΠ 1889 tr. A. Dumas La Dame de Monsoreau II. xxxiii. 204 It really makes me sick to look at those fellows,—playing ghost, like little boys, and trying to frighten men by crying, ‘Hoo! hoo!’ [Fr. hou! hou!]. 1915 Little Verses & Big Names 112 Tommy told a real ghost-story—A story that'd scare you, too, About seven little ghosts sitting up on seven posts, Saying ‘Woo! Woo-oo! Woo-oo-o!’ 1939 Lake Park (Iowa) News 2 Nov. 3/1 Woo-woo 'tis the night of Hallowe'en Woo, Woo when such skeery things are seen. 1963 W. Hall & K. Waterhouse England our England 18 So far as we can gather, an English ghost always goes ‘Whooooo.’ 2008 Independent (Nexis) 10 Feb. 34 ‘We used to get dressed up and stand by the side of the road at night going, wooo, wooo, like ghosts.’ She waves her arms and hunches her shoulders as if covered by an invisible white sheet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1706v.1599int.1570
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