whooped

verb

past tense of whoop
as in shouted

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whooped
  1. shouted
  2. yelled
  3. hollered
  4. roared
  5. cried
  6. crowed
  7. shrieked
  8. thundered
Verb
  • One shopper shouted out the spacious front pockets, and another loved their sporty vibe.
    — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Safal Prakash Shrestha/NurPhoto/Getty Protesters shouted slogans denouncing the police and government over alleged delays in taking action to find the missing girl, and then to find the perpetrators.
    — Arshad R. Zargar, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of shouted
Verb
  • When the boy and his grandmother got into difficulty in the water, his siblings, ages 4 and 6, yelled to attract the attention of bystanders.
    — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Defiant, Mladic acted bullishly during his trial and yelled at the judges when sentenced to life in prison.
    — Jovana Gec, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of yelled
Verb
  • As players and coaches hooted and hollered for Richman’s win, Mills socked a cheering Richman with a right hook to his facemask.
    — PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Nearby, other passengers screamed and hollered for their lives.
    — Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
Definition of hollered
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  • In the town of Galchhi, a group of residents sought higher ground on a nearby bridge and watched as the river roared by.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Pinch-hitter Edmundo Sosa hit his first career grand slam with two outs in the ninth inning, and the Philadelphia Phillies roared back for a 5-3 victory over the Angels on Friday night.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of roared
Verb
  • Following the official announcement, Popovich and Dion cried tears of joy during an interview with Nashville’s Fox 17 News.
    — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The actress says some of her family members cried while watching her performance.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of cried
Verb
  • Also in the crowed were Kylie Jenner, Timothée Chalamet, and Hailey Bieber.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 18 Aug. 2026
  • When Bryce Dettloff and Trinity Tatum were crowed winners of Love island USA season 8, there was no twist.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
Definition of crowed
Verb
  • Fans shrieked and hollered as every player in the realmwide war — Queen Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy), Prince Daemon (Matt Smith), the Sea Snake (Steve Toussaint) and his nemesis Lohar (Abigail Thorn) — popped up.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 June 2026
  • As the noise-rap-electro act Jane Remover shrieked and pleaded through a 90-minute marathon set at the Fonda on Thursday night, one very young couple dressed right out of a conservative‘s nightmare — gender-ambiguous, purple hair, facial piercings — tapped me on the shoulder.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
Definition of shrieked
Verb
  • In May 2025, a huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier thundered down the mountainside in the nearby Loetschental valley, sending plumes of dust skyward and coating with mud nearly all of Blatten, which had been evacuated earlier as a precaution.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Uzbekistan went close to an equaliser before Jaminton Campaz scored in stoppage time, immediately followed by a shot at the other end that thundered back off the crossbar.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 11 July 2026
Definition of thundered
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