Definition of "war-whoop" []

• A whoop or yell of a particular intonation, raised as a signal for attack, and to strike terror into the enemy: used generally with reference to the American Indians. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "A candidate falls after an errant war-whoop; another teeters over his pastor's statements."
• "Vale barely restrained herself from letting fly an exuberant war-whoop."
• "So when I'd drawn back her chair, and she had made for the lobby without a glance at me, I navigated carefully in her wake, turned in the door-way, surveyed the glittering splendour of the dining-room and its chattering gluttons, drew a deep breath and let out a Lakota war-whoop at the top of my voice."