whoopee
/wʊˈpiː/
US pronunciation
American sound/wʊˈpiː/
wʊˈpiː
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short oo vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
wʊ - ˈpiː -> whoopee
Myanmar meaning
(ပျော်၍အော်သော အာမေဍ္ဍိတ်သံ)။ ဟေး။ ဟုတ်ပြီ။
Full entry
(ပျော်၍အော်သော အာမေဍ္ဍိတ်သံ)။ ဟေး။ ဟုတ်ပြီ။
❏ make whoopee [IDM ] (dated infml ) သောသောညံအောင် ပျော်ရွှင်မြူးထူးသည်။
More examples
- ‘I start, whoopee, a new show on Tuesday in England, which is called the ‘X-Factor.’’
- ‘I thought I had a dentist after all these years - whoopee.’
- ‘There are just three more days to get through and then, it's the big one: New Year's Eve.’
- ‘I feel no wild whoopee, just a quiet thankfulness and feeling of ‘flatness’.’
- ‘Goodie goodie, it's London airport again, terminal 4, whoopee.’
- ‘After an exchange of letters, I have finally got my appointment for next week - whoopee, I am still alive to attend it, thank God.’
- ‘And there I was-dark, red hair, messily tied up and in dusty clothes - whoopee.’
- ‘Also, the neighbors probably just think, ‘Free music, whoopee!’’
- ‘She announced the Hotel deal as the first success of the new Delegates Charter at the Congress venue - to a round of whoopees and widespread applause.’
- ‘Everyone was pleased at the prospect that someone had stood up against our tyrant of a principal, and whoopee, that person was me.’
- ‘However, the collective whoopee was abruptly halted when the small print was made known.’
- ‘But to pay 4.50 leva for eight small pieces of chicken and a hint of rice is not my idea of whoopee.’
- ‘I'm not so sure that they will prioritise the late night whoopees on private property.’
Synonyms
absurdity, action, ah, ahem, alas, amen, amusement, animation, bacchanal, ball, bash, beguilement, big time, blast, blitheness, blithesomeness, blowout, boo, brawl, brightness, brilliance, buffoonery, carousal, carouse, celebration, cheer, cheerfulness, clambake, clowning, color, colorfulness, conviviality, convulsions, debauch, delectation, delight, disport, dissipation, distraction, diversion, divertissement, do, effervescence, egad, elation, emphatic exclamation, encouragement, enjoyment, entertaining, entertainment, er, escapade, exclamation, exhilaration, festival, festivity, field day, foolery, frivolity, frolic, fun, fun and games, gaiety, gala, gambol, game, geniality, gladdening, gladness, glee, gleefulness, glitter, golly, good humor, good time, gratification, great joy, grins, happiness, hello, hey, high jinks, high spirits, high time, hilarity, hip-hip, holiday, hoopla, hooray, horseplay, huh, hurrah, hurray, huzza, hysteria, hysterics, indulgence, jamboree, jeepers, jesting, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, jocundity, joie de vivre, joke, joking, jollification, jolliness, jollity, joviality, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, junketing, kicks, laughs, laughter, levity, lightheartedness, liveliness, living it up, merriment, merriness, merry go round, merry-go-round, merrymaking, mirth, mirthfulness, nonsense, oh, oops, ouch, party, pastime, phew, phooey, picnic, play, playfulness, pleasantness, pleasing, pleasure, pooh, psst, radiance, rah, rah-rah, recreation, regalement, rejoicing, relaxation, relish, revel, reveling, revelment, revelry, riot, romp, romping
Antonyms
blues, boredom, chore, conforming, depression, disappointment, discouragement, dissatisfaction, distress, drudgery, dullness, gloom, labor, melancholy, misery, pain, sadness, sense, seriousness, solemnity, sorrow, staying, task, trouble, unhappiness, vocation, woe, work
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