whoop·ee

[n. hwoop-ee, woop-ee, hwoo-pee, woo-; interj. hwoop-ee, woop-ee, hwoo-pee, woo-] Informal.
interjection
1.
(used as a shout of exuberant joy.)
2.
make whoopee, to engage in uproarious merrymaking.
Also, whoop·ie.


Origin:
1875–80, Americanism; whoop + -ee of uncertain origin; cf. yippee

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whoopee
 
interj
1.  an exclamation of joy, excitement, etc
 
n
2.  make whoopee
 a.  to engage in noisy merrymaking
 b.  to make love

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Whoopee is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example sentences
Whether you are intent on making money or making whoopee, you will have plenty of stamina for burning midnight oil.
He is a satirist with a heart, a moralist with a whoopee cushion, a cynic who wants to believe.
Oh, we've dallied with the whoopee cq cushion, gone through the fake dog poo phase and toyed with the hand buzzer.
And for having a whoopee time breaking other people's windows.
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