war whoop
noun
plural war whoops
: a war cry ( see war cry sense 1) especially of an Indigenous American warrior
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And the whole room just went up into applause and war whoops.
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Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Oct. 2023
Carr had mocked Senator Elizabeth Warren with a war whoop.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 6 July 2023
Still, such calls may be akin to simple war whoops or cheers; transient vocabularies are truncated compared with those of the residents.
—Glen Martin, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
The terrible, undulating war whoops of the attackers were soon joined by sharp shrieks of women pierced by arrows and the cries of men being killed with pangas.
—Nick Turse, Teen Vogue, 14 Nov. 2018
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Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Oct. 2023
Carr had mocked Senator Elizabeth Warren with a war whoop.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 6 July 2023
Still, such calls may be akin to simple war whoops or cheers; transient vocabularies are truncated compared with those of the residents.
—Glen Martin, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
The terrible, undulating war whoops of the attackers were soon joined by sharp shrieks of women pierced by arrows and the cries of men being killed with pangas.
—Nick Turse, Teen Vogue, 14 Nov. 2018
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“War whoop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20whoop. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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