whooper

noun

whoop·​er ˈh(w)ü-pər  ˈh(w)u̇- 

plural whoopers

: one that whoops

specifically : whooping crane

Examples of whooper in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The study focused on mute and whooper swans residing in the WWT Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve in Scotland via live-stream webcam. — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 8 July 2022

About 20 zoos and research facilities participate in the captive whooper program, including the Milwaukee County Zoo, Stone Zoo in Massachusetts and the ICF in Baraboo. — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 June 2021

Before his arrest, the crime boss Dmitri (The Exfoliator) Kahn flushed his beloved whooper swans down the toilet, sending them underground into New York City’s sewer system, and saving them from certain extinction. — Dahlia Gallin Ramirez, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2021

Adams said the refuge has seen as many 29 whoopers in a single year and as many as 20,000 sandhills. — Dennis Pillion | [email protected], al, 24 Dec. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1600, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing whooper

• whooper swan

Rhymes for whooper

• grouper
• hooper
• keuper
• looper
• stupor
• super
• trooper
• paratrooper