big whoop

idiom

US, informal

—used in an ironic way to say that something is not important or impressive

"Their team is going to the play-offs." "Big whoop."

It might look special but it's really no big whoop.

Examples of big whoop in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

When the crew triumphantly ties the lifeboat off and the zipper opens to cheers, Keith lets out a big whoop before wiping his eyes. —EW.com, 7 Aug. 2025

Get clipped on one middle-middle to the best hitter in the league, big whoop. —Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 27 July 2025

Arranging up-close interviews for the show is no big whoop. —Tim Graham, New York Times, 22 May 2025

The woman who is dealing with the literal fallout from the incident is Louise Maske (Lyndsy Kail), insisting that hey, no big whoop. —David John Chávez, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025

Forty years ago, four men put on uniforms, came up with a catchy logo — a startled specter in a red circle with a slash going through it, no big whoop — strapped on some proton packs and saved New York City from an evil deity holed up in a penthouse. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024

Rhymes for big whoop

• newsgroup
• recoup
• regroup
• subgroup
• workgroup
• coop
• coupe
• croup
• droop
• drupe
• dupe
• group