whoop-de-do

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whoop-de-do

interjection

  1. alternative Alternative spelling of whoop-de-doo Oh, wait, they did give me a certificate of appreciation on January 29, 1983, after my 1,000th mile. Well, whoop-de-do!

noun whoop-de-dos

  1. Commotion Yet all this modern-day whoop-de-do notwithstanding, the fact remains that de Soto was and is an important part of Alabama history.
  2. Event marked by excitement She wanted to remind my mother that in the eyes of the Church she was still a married woman and said she hoped Ma wasn't reserving herself a room in hell for the sake of one little night of whoop-de-do.
  3. Bump in a racetrack Racing past the truck would be a little like flying an airplane through choppy air— except that an airplane never loses contact with the air, and the truck's draft would cause the race car to veer or, if it coincided with a whoop-de-do, to lose contact with the pavement.

adjective more whoop-de-do · most whoop-de-do

  1. alternative Alternative spelling of whoop-de-doo "They were all the big, whoop-de-do houses, and I just checked out what they were putting in their kitchens," she says. Jo and her husband, Jeff, now have cabinets finished with a whitewashed oak and a center island topped with charcoal-and-rust-colored granite.

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@misc{whoop_de_do_2026,
  title = {whoop-de-do},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/whoop-de-do},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}