war whoop
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Noun (1)
- a yell intended to rally a group of soldiers in battleSynonyms: war cryrallying crybattle cryType of cry, outcry
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
War whoop
a war cry, especially that uttered by the American Indians.
From the entry War.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54