Maltese (iou) and Whoop (medicine)

Maltese (iou)

Maltese noun & adjective. E17.
[from MALTA + -ESE.]
A. noun. Pl. same.
A native or inhabitant of Malta, an island in the central Mediterranean. Formerly also, a member of the Knights Hospitallers (with headquarters in Malta). E17.
The Semitic language of Malta, much influenced by Italian. E19.
A breed of white toy dog; a dog of this breed. M19.
ellipt. Maltese lace. M19.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to Malta or its inhabitants. L18.
Maltese cat (an animal of) a bluish-grey short-haired breed of cat. Maltese cross (a) a cross with the limbs broadened outwards and often indented at the ends (as worn by Knights Hospitallers); (b) Philately a cross-shaped postmark used on British stamps from their introduction in 1840 until 1844; (c) a Geneva mechanism in a cinematographic projector. Maltese dog = sense A.3 above. Maltese lace a fine bobbin-lace associated with Malta. Maltese terrier = sense A.3 above.

Whoop (medicine)

whoop

1. To utter a whoop, or loud cry, as eagerness, enthusiasm, or enjoyment; to cry out; to shout; to halloo; to utter a war whoop; to hoot, as an owl. "Each whooping with a merry shout." (Wordsworth) "When naught was heard but now and then the howl Of some vile cur, or whooping of the owl." (W. Browne)

2. To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough.

Origin: OE. Houpen. See Hoop.

1. A shout of pursuit or of war; a very of eagerness, enthusiasm, enjoyment, vengeance, terror, or the like; an halloo; a hoot, or cry, as of an owl. "A fox, crossing the road, drew off a considerable detachment, who clapped spurs to their horses, and pursued him with whoops and halloos." (Addison) "The whoop of the crane." (Longfellow)

2. A loud, shrill, prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough.

<zoology> The hoopoe.

See: Hoopoe.

Source: Websters Dictionary

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