whoopee cushion

noun

An inflatable bag containing a valve at its neck that retains the air in the bag until pressure is put on it (usually by someone unintentionally sitting on it after it has been placed on a chair by someone else as a practical joke), when the air is expelled with a sound similar to that of someone farting (breaking wind).

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Meanings

nounwhoopee cushion (plural whoopee cushions)

plural whoopee cushions

  1. An inflatable bag containing a valve at its neck that retains the air in the bag until pressure is put on it (usually by someone unintentionally sitting on it after it has been placed on a chair by someone else as a practical joke), when the air is expelled with a sound similar to that of someone farting (breaking wind).

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 放屁坐墊 /放屁坐垫, 放屁墊 /放屁垫
  • 放屁坐墊 /放屁坐垫 (fàngpì zuòdiàn)inflatable bag used as practical joke
  • 放屁墊 /放屁垫 (fàngpìdiàn)inflatable bag used as practical joke
Esperanto furzokuseno
  • furzokusenoinflatable bag used as practical joke
Estonian peerukott
  • peerukottinflatable bag used as practical joke
Finnish pierutyyny
  • pierutyynyinflatable bag used as practical joke
French coussin péteur
  • coussin péteurinflatable bag used as practical joke
German Furzkissen, Pupskissen
  • Furzkisseninflatable bag used as practical joke
  • Pupskisseninflatable bag used as practical joke
Japanese ブーブークッション
  • ブーブークッション (būbū kusshon)inflatable bag used as practical joke
Korean 뿡뿡 쿠션, 방귀 쿠션
  • 뿡뿡 쿠션 (ppungppung kusyeon)inflatable bag used as practical joke
  • 방귀 쿠션 (banggwi kusyeon)inflatable bag used as practical joke
Norwegian Bokmål prompepute
  • prompeputeinflatable bag used as practical joke
Portuguese almofada de peido, almofada de pum
  • almofada de peidoinflatable bag used as practical joke
  • almofada de puminflatable bag used as practical joke
  • almofada peidofônicainflatable bag used as practical joke
Russian поду́шка-перду́шка
  • поду́шка-перду́шка (podúška-perdúška)inflatable bag used as practical joke
Spanish cojín pedorro, cojín pedorrero
  • cojín pedorroinflatable bag used as practical joke
  • cojín pedorreroinflatable bag used as practical joke
  • cojín pedorrientoinflatable bag used as practical joke
Swedish pruttkudde
  • pruttkuddeinflatable bag used as practical joke
Cite this entry
APA

whoopee cushion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whoopee%20cushion

MLA

“whoopee cushion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whoopee%20cushion. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whoopee cushion,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whoopee%20cushion.

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