"welp" meaning in English

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        "2": "well"
      },
      "expansion": "well",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "yep"
      },
      "expansion": "yep",
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "yup"
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      "args": {
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ope"
      },
      "expansion": "ope",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Representing well pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end. Compare yep, yup, nope, and ope.",
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "welp",
      "name": "en-interj"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "source": "w"
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          "source": "w"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018 March 25, Adam Rogers, “The Cambridge Analytica Data Apocalypse Was Predicted in 2007”, in Wired",
          "text": "“Nuclear power is a dual-use technology. It can be weaponized.” Welp. “It is sort of what we anticipated, that there would be a Three Mile Island moment around data sharing that would rock the research community,” Lazer says.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Well, typically used to express exasperation, a matter-of-fact or unenthusiastic attitude, or helpless acceptance of something surprising."
      ],
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          "Well",
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        "(slang) Well, typically used to express exasperation, a matter-of-fact or unenthusiastic attitude, or helpless acceptance of something surprising."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "whelp"
        }
      ],
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        "slang"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wɛlp/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[wɛlp̚]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛlp"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "whelp (in accents with the wine-whine merger)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-welp.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/22/En-au-welp.ogg/En-au-welp.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/En-au-welp.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "welp"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "well"
      },
      "expansion": "well",
      "name": "m"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "yep"
      },
      "expansion": "yep",
      "name": "m"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "yup"
      },
      "expansion": "yup",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nope"
      },
      "expansion": "nope",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ope"
      },
      "expansion": "ope",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Representing well pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end. Compare yep, yup, nope, and ope.",
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "welp",
      "name": "en-interj"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
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        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with homophones",
        "English terms with quotations",
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          "ref": "2018 March 25, Adam Rogers, “The Cambridge Analytica Data Apocalypse Was Predicted in 2007”, in Wired",
          "text": "“Nuclear power is a dual-use technology. It can be weaponized.” Welp. “It is sort of what we anticipated, that there would be a Three Mile Island moment around data sharing that would rock the research community,” Lazer says.",
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        "Well, typically used to express exasperation, a matter-of-fact or unenthusiastic attitude, or helpless acceptance of something surprising."
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        "(slang) Well, typically used to express exasperation, a matter-of-fact or unenthusiastic attitude, or helpless acceptance of something surprising."
      ],
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        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wɛlp/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[wɛlp̚]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛlp"
    },
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      "homophone": "whelp (in accents with the wine-whine merger)"
    },
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      "audio": "En-au-welp.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/En-au-welp.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "whelp"
    }
  ],
  "word": "welp"
}