hooping-cough — Formerly the prevalent spelling of whooping cough … Useful english dictionary
hooping cough — whooping cough or hooping cough noun Pertussis, an infectious and epidemic disease, mostly attacking children, characterized by catarrh of the respiratory tract with bouts of violent coughing that end in a long gasping inspiration • • • Main… … Useful english dictionary
hooping-cough — n. [Written also Whooping cough.] Chin cough, pertussis … New dictionary of synonyms
hooping cough — n. whooping cough … English contemporary dictionary
Whooping cough — Whooping Whoop ing, a. & n. from {Whoop}, v. t. [1913 Webster] {Whooping cough} (Med.), a violent, convulsive cough, returning at longer or shorter intervals, and consisting of several expirations, followed by a sonorous inspiration, or whoop;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
whooping-cough — n. [Written also Hooping cough.] Chin cough … New dictionary of synonyms
kink-cough — North Country (Newcastle) Words the hooping cough … English dialects glossary
Crus Americana — Whooping Whoop ing, a. & n. from {Whoop}, v. t. [1913 Webster] {Whooping cough} (Med.), a violent, convulsive cough, returning at longer or shorter intervals, and consisting of several expirations, followed by a sonorous inspiration, or whoop;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Whooping — Whoop ing, a. & n. from {Whoop}, v. t. [1913 Webster] {Whooping cough} (Med.), a violent, convulsive cough, returning at longer or shorter intervals, and consisting of several expirations, followed by a sonorous inspiration, or whoop; chin cough; … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Whooping crane — Whooping Whoop ing, a. & n. from {Whoop}, v. t. [1913 Webster] {Whooping cough} (Med.), a violent, convulsive cough, returning at longer or shorter intervals, and consisting of several expirations, followed by a sonorous inspiration, or whoop;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
