"whoopee-doo" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more whoopee-doo [comparative], most whoopee-doo [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adjective}} whoopee-doo (comparative more whoopee-doo, superlative most whoopee-doo)
  1. Alternative spelling of whoop-de-doo Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: whoop-de-doo
    Sense id: en-whoopee-doo-en-adj-14Z1gg9K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 34 33

Interjection

Head templates: {{head|en|interjection}} whoopee-doo
  1. Alternative spelling of whoop-de-doo Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: whoop-de-doo
    Sense id: en-whoopee-doo-en-intj-14Z1gg9K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 34 33

Noun

Forms: whoopee-doos [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} whoopee-doo (plural whoopee-doos)
  1. Alternative spelling of whoop-de-doo Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: whoop-de-doo
    Sense id: en-whoopee-doo-en-noun-14Z1gg9K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 34 33

Inflected forms

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