whoopee

²whoop·ee

noun \ˈ(h)wu̇-(ˌ)pē, ˈ(h)wü-\

Definition of WHOOPEE

1

: boisterous convivial fun : merrymaking —usually used with make

2

: sexual play —usually used with make

Examples of WHOOPEE

1. <for New Year's Eve I'm planning to make whoopee at several clubs>

First Known Use of WHOOPEE

1924

Related to WHOOPEE

Synonyms: conviviality, festivity, gaiety (also gayety), jollification, jollity, merriment, rejoicing, reveling (or revelling), revelry, merrymaking

Related Words: carousal, carouse; delight, diversion, entertainment, fun, mischief, pleasure, recreation, riot; cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, glee, gleefulness, hilarity, joviality, merriness, mirth, mirthfulness; carnival, celebration, festival, party, revel; frolicking, gamboling (or gambolling), rollicking, romping; enjoyment, happiness, joy; binge, fling, frolic, gambol, lark, rollick, romp, spree; buffoonery, clownery, clownishness, flippancy, frivolity, funning, jesting, jocularity, joking, joshing, levity, lightheartedness, playfulness, zaniness

Near Antonyms: blackness, darkness, dolefulness, dolor, gloom, gloominess, glumness, grief, heartache, heartbreak, heartsickness, miserableness, misery, mournfulness, mourning, woe, wretchedness; dejection, depression, despondence, despondency, disconsolateness, dispiritedness, doldrums, downheartedness, dumps, forlornness, joylessness, melancholy, sorrow, unhappiness

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