shoop

plural shoops · alternative shoup · alternative choop

1. Northern EnglandThe fruit of the rose; rosehip.

1. entertainmentUsed as a scat word in song lyrics.

   I like what ya do when you do what ya do / You make me wanna shoop / Shoop shoop ba-doop / Shoop ba-doop

   1993 September 21 (date released), Sandra Denton, Cheryl James, “Shoop”, in Very Necessary (Next Plateau/London; 422 828 392-2), performed by Salt-N-Pepa, New York, N.Y.: Next Plateau Entertainment/London Records, →OCLC

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   If you want to know / (Shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop) / If he loves you so / (Shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop) / It's in his kiss.

   1963 (date written), Rudy Clark, “It’s in His Kiss [The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s in His Kiss)]”, in It’s in His Kiss (Capitol; 4984) (single), performed by Merry Clayton, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.: Capitol Records, published 10 June 1963

   But don't it make you feel good (Shoop shoop aaahh) / And don't it make you feel good (Shoop shoop aaahh) / Don't it make you feel good (Shoop shoop aaahh) / And don't it make you feel good (Shoop shoop aaahh)

   1982 June 21 (date released), Steven Nicholas Jolley, Tony Swain, “Shy Boy”, in Deep Sea Skiving, performed by Bananarama, London: London Recordings, →OCLC

   But there comes a point when / When we exhale (yeah, yeah, say) / Shoop, shoop, shoop / Shoo be doop shoop shoop (yeah)

   1995 October 3 (date recorded), Babyface [pseudonym; Kenneth Brian Edmonds], “Exhale (Shoop Shoop)”, in Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album, performed by Whitney Houston, New York, N.Y.: Arista Records, published 6 November 1995, →OCLC

plural sheep

1. humorousnonstandardUsed as a singular form of sheep: an individual sheep.

   I thought you were a goats^([sic – meaning goat]) not a shoop.

   2001 January 13, A[nne] Magee, “Better Living Through Spam”, in alt.fan.british-accent (Usenet)

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   The sheep in Belgium have no hoof and mouth disease because they all wear oversized rubber boots. […] The process is quite simple: with the sheep firmly planted in the boots the shepherd—let's call him Rumplestiltskin for arguement's^([sic – meaning argument's]) sake sneaks up behind the sheep (or the singular shoop) and inserts his feet in the boots behind the shoop.

   2001 March 29, Rick Lalonde, “Thanks Paul Rumpleforeskin :-)”, in alt.security.alarms (Usenet)

   If the plural of moose is meese the singular of sheep must be shoop.

   [2009 August 21, TimC, quoting “Hetta on RHOD”, “[I]nept customer service”, in alt.sysadmin.recovery (Usenet)

plural shoops

1. InternetAn image that has been modified using Adobe Photoshop or similar image-manipulation software to produce a misleading impression; an instance of amateur, petty fauxtography.

present singular third person shoops · participle present shooping · participle past shooped · past shooped

1. To digitally alter an image.

plural Shoops

1. A surname.