whoopee

W4H4O1O1P3E1E1
/ʍupi//ʍʊpi//wʊpi/

interjection

A spontaneous expression of delight or joy.

“Whoopee! I won!”

UncommonScrabble 15

Meanings

interjection
  1. A spontaneous expression of delight or joy.

    Whoopee! I won!

verbwhoopee (third-person singular simple present whoopees, present participle whoopeeing, simple past and past participle whoopeed)

present singular third person whoopees · participle present whoopeeing · participle past whoopeed · past whoopeed

  1. To behave exuberantly; to make whoopee.

    "If the 'twenties," said the stage-hand, who was a politician, "had done a bit more thinking and a bit less whoopeeing, we mightn't be where we are today.

    1944, Pamel Hansford Johnson, The Trojan Brothers

Synonyms & antonyms

Translations

Czech jupí, juchat
  • jupíspontaneous expression of delight or joy
  • juchatbehave exuberantly
  • skotačitbehave exuberantly
  • jančitbehave exuberantly
  • dovádětbehave exuberantly
Dutch joepie, joepie
  • joepieexpression of delight
  • joepiespontaneous expression of delight or joy
Finnish jippii
  • jippiiexpression of delight
French youpi, youpi
  • youpiexpression of delight
  • youpispontaneous expression of delight or joy
Malay yahu
  • yahuspontaneous expression of delight or joy
Portuguese iúpi
  • iúpiexpression of delight
Spanish yupi
  • yupiexpression of delight

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

whoopee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whoopee

MLA

“whoopee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whoopee. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whoopee,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whoopee.

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