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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whoopee/#m1)

2) It can also be said sarcastically, meaning «so what, that is not exciting» («Oh, whoopee, more homework»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whoopee/#m2)

3) A whoopee cushion is a joke rubber cushion that makes a rude noise when someone sits on it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whoopee/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whoopee/#x1)
- «Whoopee!» shouted Sam as he went down the slide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whoopee/#x2)
- We won the match — whoopee! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whoopee/#x3)
- «Oh, whoopee, another spelling test,» she said with a sigh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whoopee/#x4)
- He hid a whoopee cushion on the teacher's chair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whoopee/#x5)
- Everyone laughed when the whoopee cushion went off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whoopee/#x6)
- Grandpa said «Whoopee!» when he heard the good news. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whoopee/#x7)
- Whoopee, it's pizza night! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whoopee/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/204-pranks/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «whoopee» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whoopee/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.