whoopee

«whoopee» in Mova's school dictionary: a word you shout when you are very happy and excited — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

interjection (whoopee!); noun (make whoopee — adult slang; a whoopee cushion)

meaning for a pupil

1) «Whoopee!» is a word you shout when you are very happy and excited. tree →

2) It can also be said sarcastically, meaning «so what, that is not exciting» («Oh, whoopee, more homework»). tree →

3) A whoopee cushion is a joke rubber cushion that makes a rude noise when someone sits on it. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and comics characters shout «Whoopee!» when they win or something great happens. In everyday life children know the whoopee cushion as a prank toy. Tone matters: said with a flat voice, it means the opposite of excited.

examples

• Whoopee, school is closed for snow! tree →
• «Whoopee!» shouted Sam as he went down the slide. tree →
• We won the match — whoopee! tree →
• «Oh, whoopee, another spelling test,» she said with a sigh. tree →
• He hid a whoopee cushion on the teacher's chair. tree →
• Everyone laughed when the whoopee cushion went off. tree →
• Grandpa said «Whoopee!» when he heard the good news. tree →
• Whoopee, it's pizza night! tree →

note

An exclamation, usually with «!». Similar: «hooray», «yippee», «woo-hoo». Sarcastic use is common, so listen to the voice. The phrase «make whoopee» is grown-up slang; children do not need to use it. Pranks with a whoopee cushion should be kind and never hurt or embarrass someone badly.

In the corpora

• A whoopee cushion usually passes this test.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «whoopee» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.