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hooping-cough

hooping-cough is the alternative spelling of whooping cough.

Meaning of whooping cough

Noun

whooping cough (countable and uncountable, plural whooping coughs)

  1. A contagious disease of the respiratory system that usually affects children caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis, the advanced stage of which is characterised by spasms of coughing followed by a whooping sound during the intake of breath.

Questions about hooping-cough

What is hooping-cough the alternative spelling of?
Hooping-cough is the alternative spelling of whooping cough.

Words near hooping-cough in the dictionary

  1. hoopie
  2. hoopies
  3. hooping
  4. hooping cough
  5. hooping coughs
  6. hooping-cough
  7. Hoopingarner
  8. Hoopingarners
  9. hoopla
  10. hooplas
  11. Hoople

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