"whoop it up" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-whoop it up.ogg [Australia] Forms: whoops it up [present, singular, third-person], whooping it up [participle, present], whooped it up [participle, past], whooped it up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} whoop it up (third-person singular simple present whoops it up, present participle whooping it up, simple past and past participle whooped it up)
  1. (idiomatic) To have a great time; to party or revel excessively or noisily. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: live large

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