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Shoop¹
Where it comes from
* As a German surname, Americanized from Schupp.
* Also an Americanized spelling of Dutch and North German Schoop, from Middle Dutch schoepe and Middle Low German schōpe (“ladle”) (for which see modern Schöpflöffel).
proper noun Shoops
- A surname.
shoop²
- /ʃuːp/ UK
- /ʃup/ US
Rhymes with -uːp
Where it comes from
From Middle English schoupe, from Old Norse *hjúpa (“rosehip”), from Proto-Germanic *heupǭ (“haw, hawthorn, thornbush, rosehip”). Cognate with Faroese hjúpa (“rosehip”), Old English hēope (“hip, rosehip”). Doublet of hip.
noun shoops · shoup · choop
- The fruit of the rose; rosehip.
shoop³
- /ʃuːp/ UK
- /ʃup/ US
Rhymes with -uːp
Where it comes from
A meaningless syllable.
interjection
- Used as a scat word in song lyrics. If you want to know / (Shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop) / If he loves you so / (Shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop) / It's in his kiss.
shoop⁴
- /ʃuːp/ UK
- /ʃup/ US
Rhymes with -uːp
Where it comes from
A deliberate back-formation from sheep on the pattern of nouns which underwent Germanic i-mutation, such as feet from foot, geese from goose, and teeth from tooth; compare the similarly humorously formed meese from moose.
noun sheep
- Used as a singular form of sheep: an individual sheep. I thought you were a goats^([sic – meaning goat]) not a shoop.
shoop⁵
- /ʃuːp/ UK
- /ʃup/ US
Rhymes with -uːp
Where it comes from
Alteration of shop, a clipping of photoshop (“digitally altered image”).
noun shoops
- An image that has been modified using Adobe Photoshop or similar image-manipulation software to produce a misleading impression; an instance of amateur, petty fauxtography.
verb shoops · shooping · shooped
- To digitally alter an image.
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