whooping

present participle of whoop

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for whooping
Verb
  • Then, a man stood up and started shouting at Harris.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • His clips are pretty rudimentary tributes to guys like Thomas Sankara, the former Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, shouting them out with highlight reels and songs by 100 gecs and Jersey club collective TwerkNation28.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • To celebrate our arrival, my fellow travelers and I run into the sea, hooting and hollering at the pins-and-needles cold.
    Chloe Berge, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The pair is seen crawling through a wildflower field, dancing, and jumping, but also hollering at each other, brandishing knives, and at some point, Lawrence licks a window with zeal.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The coyote then chased after the child until the child's father noticed and started yelling until the coyote ran off.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Guzzling a beer outside a store and yelling at a soccer game on TV, he gets chatted up by Blanchett’s character, offering his insights about Eric Cantona before inviting her out for a pint nearby.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Mist curls through the jungle canopy as Ubud stirs with roosters crowing and incense rising from its ancient temple shrines.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • The foreign ministry spokeswoman in Moscow is crowing about that – that he's no longer isolated.
    NBC news, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • There’s screaming, crying and even a little slapping.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Apparently, Brisker talked to much trash to Jefferson during a game back in 2022 that the star pass-catcher started crying.
    Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As the fintech sector comes roaring back, companies like Ramp and Stripe have dominated headlines with eye-popping funding rounds and rapid growth.
    Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers began play on Friday with their backs against the wall, facing a roaring Rogers Centre crowd as the Toronto Blue Jays were one win away from their first title in 32 years.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Like one icicle falling from an alpine crag onto an unstable snow cornice below, a small slide rapidly turns into a thundering avalanche.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Above Simmons’ thundering bass line, Frehley announces that singing debut with a six-string solo that throws the kitchen sink into disarray with long phase shifts that that roll around the song’s elastic chorus.
    A.D. Amorosi, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • There’s screaming, crying and even a little slapping.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
  • While in the costume, the former Disney star also replicated the photo that started it all and filmed a hilarious video pretending to be Poot screaming and fighting for freedom in a garage.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Whooping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whooping. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

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