"big whoop" meaning in English

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Interjection

Head templates: {{en-interj}} big whoop
  1. (colloquial, US) Expressing indifference or dismissiveness; so what? Tags: US, colloquial
    Sense id: en-big_whoop-en-intj-o7SuxH5b Categories (other): American English

Noun

Forms: big whoops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} big whoop (plural big whoops)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, whoop.
    Sense id: en-big_whoop-en-noun-SqAjApSW

Inflected forms

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