whooping

present participle of whoop

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for whooping
Verb
  • Kids are shouting it in classrooms when a teacher turns to page 67, when lunchtime is 6 to 7 minutes away or for no reason at all.
    Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
  • But in the form of its Peterborough boot, Church’s has managed to make a boot that merely nods to its equestrian heritage rather than shouting it.
    Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 17 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
  • Parker’s series starts out with too much bellowing and yelling along with hazing and bullying but loosens up and broadens out to peer into the lives of other recruits who are wrestling with demons and sometimes each other.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • What Surin didn’t know was that the night of her concert, several clips of her yelling at the fan that grabbed Eilish slowly went viral online, garnering posts from Finneas and Reneé Rapp.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 15 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
  • In a clip shared exclusively with PEOPLE, Van Dyke recalled crying when the Sherman Brothers first played the now-iconic songs for him.
    Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • At one point during the hearing, Richards pleaded for a tissue and began crying while recalling a particularly abusive event in May.
    Christina Dugan Ramirez , Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • With every camera flash, the 29-year-old’s white underwear was visible to the roaring crowd.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The breakup, though, has brought her own personal frustrations roaring back with the prospect of perhaps turning coach, something that seemed unthinkable in her current life as wife and mom.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • There’s also the chance to see thousands of those Porcupine caribou thundering along crossings that have been used for nearly 30,000 years.
    Chloe Berge, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Located in Santa Barbara County, Vandenberg has become well-known among spectators who are eager to see rockets thundering high into the sky.
    Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Obviously, there is a bird on the hood, the screaming chicken.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Pointed gestures toward the lingering tension between Japan and Korea — and between those two countries and the rest of the planet — are drowned out by tiresome bickering and exaggerated gags, like a meaningful conversation swallowed into the sound of an airplane engine screaming overhead.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2025
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“Whooping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whooping. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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