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whoop⋅ee

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

Origin:
1875–80, Americanism; whoop + -ee of uncert. orig.; cf. yippee
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whoop·ee   (hwŏŏp'ē, wŏŏp'ē, hwōō'pē, wōō'-)   
interj.  Used to express jubilance.

[Alteration of whoop.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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