whooingn.

Brit.

/ˈhuːɪŋ/,

/ˈwuːɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈhuɪŋ/,

/ˈ(h)wuɪŋ/

Forms: 1800s– hooing, 1800s– whooing.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: whoo v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < whoo v. + -ing suffix¹.The following apparent earlier example probably instead shows a typographical error for Hoing (compare ho v.¹, ho int.¹), which occurs elsewhere in this text:1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope I. xxii. 274 Their Hooing to the Beating of the Drum is, indeed, very grating to the Ear.

1. The sound made by any of various birds or animals, esp. the characteristic hooting call of some species of owl.

ΚΠ

1805 Cecily Fitz-Owen I. xv. 163 The whooing of an owl is music, compared with the incessant larum of a woman's tongue.

1822 T. Myers New & Comprehensive Syst. Mod. Geogr. II. i. 21 The clamorous whooing of millions of toads.

1868 W. Latham States of River Plate (ed. 2) i. i. 31 A still night..without a sound..other than the soothing and incessant hum of insect life and the ‘hooing’ of the little earth owls.

1939 Chambers's Jrnl. Dec. 975 The coyote's wail and the horned owl's whooing.

1984 Sci. & Children Mar. 44/3 Clear descriptions of their [sc. gibbons'] acrobatics and noisy ‘hooing’.

2009 Atlanta Jrnl.-Consit. (Nexis) 22 June 1 b Lynn Witt loves waking up in the morning to the ‘whooing’ of great horned owls in the towering pines and hardwoods.

2. The exclaiming or uttering by a person of ‘whoo’ (see whoo int.); the sound of this. Now esp. exuberant, excited, or delighted whooping.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [noun] > whoop or hoot

whoopc1450

whooping1557

whooing1827

1827 J. Watt Poems 98 Foxy frae 'mang the whins steals peulin', Syne sic a hooin', sic a yeulin', O sic a splatter did begin, The timid sort's soon left ahin'.

1842 J. W. Carlyle Let. 11 Aug. in Lett. (1883) I. 117 The hooing and squealing of a child..to keep off the crows.

1996 Times 15 July 49/2 [Referring to ‘unseemly noise’ from spectators during a gold tournament.] There is a lot of hooing and hahing going on. It is ridiculous.

2010 Province (Vancouver, Brit. Columbia) 27 June (E-Today section) b5/4 Even the loud whooing and chanting from the many adoring fans didn't bother me.

3. A low whistling or whooshing sound, as made by the wind in the trees, a missile flying through the air, etc.; (also) the hooting or wailing of a siren, steam whistle, etc.

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

1890 T. C. DeLeon Four Years in Rebel Capitals xxxvii. 353 Cooped up in camp, with mud and musty bacon for living, and the whistling of Miniés and whooing of shells.., we long for some pleasure.

1933 ‘B. M. Bower’ Open Land (1960) xix. 156 There was no sound save the whooing of the wind whistling round the stable.

1963 S. Plath Bell Jar vii. 84 The balcony overlooked the river and we could hear the hooing of the tugs down in the darkness.

2011 @jaaancabigao 9 May in twitter.com (accessed 18 Apr. 2021) The loud whooing of the wind is really scary. I feel there's a tornado attacking us.

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

whooingadj.

Brit.

/ˈhuːɪŋ/,

/ˈwuːɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈhuɪŋ/,

/ˈ(h)wuɪŋ/

Forms: 1700s– hooing, 1800s– whooing.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: whoo v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < whoo v. + -ing suffix².

That makes the sound or utters the exclamation represented by ‘whoo’ or ‘hoo’. Also: designating this sound or a sound resembling it.

ΚΠ

1792 J. Fisher Poems Var. Subj. (ed. 2) 102 Her sheets, old cast rags, careless o'er her spread; The hooing owl would lull her fast asleep.

1850 J. W. Carlyle Lett. (1883) II. 114 That barenecked hooing gawk Stewart.

1852 London Jrnl. Med. 4 33 To our no small amazement, the ‘whooing sound’ had wholly disappeared, both sounds of the heart being distinctly audible and normal.

1893 T. C. DeLeon John Holden, Unionist xvi. 207 The bullets singing close by his ears, whooing shells filling the sky above him with dread warnings.

1931 Ocean Times 23 Jan. 1/3 This produced a continuous ‘whooing’ sound similar to the principle of fastening two tin cans to a length of string for an improvised telephone conversation.

1998 Spirit No. 9. 85/1 I think I'm the wind. Every time it blows I run down the street with my arms stretched out like wings making whooing noises.

2006 Australian (Brisbane) 23 May (IT Business section) 6/2 You'll have to excuse Defrag for a moment while we hold our DVD copy of Out of Sight aloft in a gesture of triumph. We'd go ‘whoo,’ but we're not the whooing type.

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

单词	whooing
释义	whooingn. Brit. /ˈhuːɪŋ/, /ˈwuːɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈhuɪŋ/, /ˈ(h)wuɪŋ/ Forms: 1800s– hooing, 1800s– whooing. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: whoo v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < whoo v. + -ing suffix¹.The following apparent earlier example probably instead shows a typographical error for Hoing (compare ho v.¹, ho int.¹), which occurs elsewhere in this text:1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope I. xxii. 274 Their Hooing to the Beating of the Drum is, indeed, very grating to the Ear. 1. The sound made by any of various birds or animals, esp. the characteristic hooting call of some species of owl. ΚΠ 1805 Cecily Fitz-Owen I. xv. 163 The whooing of an owl is music, compared with the incessant larum of a woman's tongue. 1822 T. Myers New & Comprehensive Syst. Mod. Geogr. II. i. 21 The clamorous whooing of millions of toads. 1868 W. Latham States of River Plate (ed. 2) i. i. 31 A still night..without a sound..other than the soothing and incessant hum of insect life and the ‘hooing’ of the little earth owls. 1939 Chambers's Jrnl. Dec. 975 The coyote's wail and the horned owl's whooing. 1984 Sci. & Children Mar. 44/3 Clear descriptions of their [sc. gibbons'] acrobatics and noisy ‘hooing’. 2009 Atlanta Jrnl.-Consit. (Nexis) 22 June 1 b Lynn Witt loves waking up in the morning to the ‘whooing’ of great horned owls in the towering pines and hardwoods. 2. The exclaiming or uttering by a person of ‘whoo’ (see whoo int.); the sound of this. Now esp. exuberant, excited, or delighted whooping. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [noun] > whoop or hoot whoopc1450 whooping1557 whooing1827 1827 J. Watt Poems 98 Foxy frae 'mang the whins steals peulin', Syne sic a hooin', sic a yeulin', O sic a splatter did begin, The timid sort's soon left ahin'. 1842 J. W. Carlyle Let. 11 Aug. in Lett. (1883) I. 117 The hooing and squealing of a child..to keep off the crows. 1996 Times 15 July 49/2 [Referring to ‘unseemly noise’ from spectators during a gold tournament.] There is a lot of hooing and hahing going on. It is ridiculous. 2010 Province (Vancouver, Brit. Columbia) 27 June (E-Today section) b5/4 Even the loud whooing and chanting from the many adoring fans didn't bother me. 3. A low whistling or whooshing sound, as made by the wind in the trees, a missile flying through the air, etc.; (also) the hooting or wailing of a siren, steam whistle, etc. 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 1890 T. C. DeLeon Four Years in Rebel Capitals xxxvii. 353 Cooped up in camp, with mud and musty bacon for living, and the whistling of Miniés and whooing of shells.., we long for some pleasure. 1933 ‘B. M. Bower’ Open Land (1960) xix. 156 There was no sound save the whooing of the wind whistling round the stable. 1963 S. Plath Bell Jar vii. 84 The balcony overlooked the river and we could hear the hooing of the tugs down in the darkness. 2011 @jaaancabigao 9 May in twitter.com (accessed 18 Apr. 2021) The loud whooing of the wind is really scary. I feel there's a tornado attacking us. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022). whooingadj. Brit. /ˈhuːɪŋ/, /ˈwuːɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈhuɪŋ/, /ˈ(h)wuɪŋ/ Forms: 1700s– hooing, 1800s– whooing. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: whoo v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < whoo v. + -ing suffix². That makes the sound or utters the exclamation represented by ‘whoo’ or ‘hoo’. Also: designating this sound or a sound resembling it. ΚΠ 1792 J. Fisher Poems Var. Subj. (ed. 2) 102 Her sheets, old cast rags, careless o'er her spread; The hooing owl would lull her fast asleep. 1850 J. W. Carlyle Lett. (1883) II. 114 That barenecked hooing gawk Stewart. 1852 London Jrnl. Med. 4 33 To our no small amazement, the ‘whooing sound’ had wholly disappeared, both sounds of the heart being distinctly audible and normal. 1893 T. C. DeLeon John Holden, Unionist xvi. 207 The bullets singing close by his ears, whooing shells filling the sky above him with dread warnings. 1931 Ocean Times 23 Jan. 1/3 This produced a continuous ‘whooing’ sound similar to the principle of fastening two tin cans to a length of string for an improvised telephone conversation. 1998 Spirit No. 9. 85/1 I think I'm the wind. Every time it blows I run down the street with my arms stretched out like wings making whooing noises. 2006 Australian (Brisbane) 23 May (IT Business section) 6/2 You'll have to excuse Defrag for a moment while we hold our DVD copy of Out of Sight aloft in a gesture of triumph. We'd go ‘whoo,’ but we're not the whooing type. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1805adj.1792
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