whooped

verb

past tense of whoop
as in shouted

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  1. shouted
  2. yelled
  3. hollered
  4. roared
  5. cried
  6. crowed
  7. shrieked
  8. thundered
Verb
  • Children shouted, amped up on sugar and adrenaline, while orange leaves crunched under their feet.
    — Isa Mudannayake, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Farrelly was on hand to introduce the movie and shouted out his star, newcomer Anthony Ippolito, who has already earned praise for his portrayal of Stallone.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of shouted
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  • The customer became irate and yelled at the 16-year-old employee behind the counter, shop owner David Forgit said.
    — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Investigators say Mascara yelled at Rose and threw rocks in his direction, hitting Rose's Jeep.
    — Jennifer Borrasso, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of yelled
Verb
  • Families climbed to their rooftops and hollered for rescuers.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of hollered
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  • David Pastrnak scored a tying power-play goal and Frederic Brunet got his first NHL goal for the Bruins, who roared back from an early two-goal deficit and improved to 6-2-0.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Marsh knew it, putting his hands on his helmet as the crowd roared and the stadium fireworks went off.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of roared
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  • Another girl cried non-stop—possibly from fear and nervousness rather than sorrow.
    — Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026
  • At one point, Blair cried with tears running down her face, and her lawyer Reitzas moved to wipe them from her face as Blair remained handcuffed during the proceedings.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of cried
Verb
  • Those cops, police chief John Noland crowed, have been electrocuting suspects for roughly two years at this point.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Also in the crowed were Kylie Jenner, Timothée Chalamet, and Hailey Bieber.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 18 Aug. 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
  • SpaceX’s Starship rocket thundered into the sky over South Texas early Monday.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The stadium thundered on beneath the lights while, inside booths and trucks, the people responsible for sending it all across the nation were abruptly working half-blind, half-connected and entirely on instinct.
    — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of thundered
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