"whoopee" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /ʍupi/, /ʍʊpi/, /wʊpi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whoopee.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -uːpi, -ʊpi Head templates: {{en-interj}} whoopee
  1. A spontaneous expression of delight or joy. Related terms: whoopee cushion, whoopee do, whoopee pie, make whoopee, woohoo, woot, w00t, whoop whoop Translations (expression of delight): joepie (Dutch), jippii (Finnish), youpi (French), iúpi (Portuguese), yupi (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-whoopee-en-intj-CjHJAeYq

Verb

IPA: /ʍupi/, /ʍʊpi/, /wʊpi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whoopee.wav [Southern-England] Forms: whoopees [present, singular, third-person], whoopeeing [participle, present], whoopeed [participle, past], whoopeed [past]
Rhymes: -uːpi, -ʊpi Head templates: {{en-verb}} whoopee (third-person singular simple present whoopees, present participle whoopeeing, simple past and past participle whoopeed)
  1. To behave exuberantly; to make whoopee. Translations (behave exuberantly): juchat (Czech), skotačit (Czech), jančit (Czech), dovádět (Czech) Translations (spontaneous expression of delight or joy): jupí (Czech), joepie (Dutch), youpi (French), yahu (Malay)
    Sense id: en-whoopee-en-verb-9bJomUOz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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