1
as in shouts
a loud vocal expression of strong emotion
let out a whoop of joy
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2
as in damns
the smallest amount or part imaginable
he acts so rudely that I doubt he gives a whoop about other people's feelings
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Recent Examples of whoops
Dan Pompei,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
The screening — preceded by a showing of Leone DiSantis’s Bound-esque short film Wild Ones — was a rowdy affair punctuated by wolf whistles, whoops, and bursts of laughter at every lesbian joke.
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Caroline Framke,
Vulture,
8 June 2026
After a round of whoops, cheers and a little dancing, Rosenthal pivoted to thanking Chanel for continuing to support the event before delivering her reliably rousing address.
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Abbey White,
HollywoodReporter,
6 June 2026
And then, whoops, everyone forgot Nora’s co-workers were invited to this bash, too.
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Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
22 May 2026
There were whoops and cheers and what appeared to be grins of amazement at the King’s cheek.
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Susan B. Glasser,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
The whoops across the field suggested that might’ve been what happened.
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Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
In the rear, it's got 30 inches of rear wheel travel, so it is designed to go over 100 mph and go over 200 to 300 foot whoops.
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Morgan Korn,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
Vance asked the Hungarian voters, cheered on by a standing ovation and whoops reverberating around the city’s MTK Sportpark arena.
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Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
Suspecting burnt eggs, Al-Shaair, who was 12 at the time and the oldest person home, ignored the whoops for a bit.
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Dan Pompei,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
The screening — preceded by a showing of Leone DiSantis’s Bound-esque short film Wild Ones — was a rowdy affair punctuated by wolf whistles, whoops, and bursts of laughter at every lesbian joke.
—
Caroline Framke,
Vulture,
8 June 2026
After a round of whoops, cheers and a little dancing, Rosenthal pivoted to thanking Chanel for continuing to support the event before delivering her reliably rousing address.
—
Abbey White,
HollywoodReporter,
6 June 2026
And then, whoops, everyone forgot Nora’s co-workers were invited to this bash, too.
—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
22 May 2026
There were whoops and cheers and what appeared to be grins of amazement at the King’s cheek.
—
Susan B. Glasser,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
The whoops across the field suggested that might’ve been what happened.
—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
In the rear, it's got 30 inches of rear wheel travel, so it is designed to go over 100 mph and go over 200 to 300 foot whoops.
—
Morgan Korn,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
Vance asked the Hungarian voters, cheered on by a standing ovation and whoops reverberating around the city’s MTK Sportpark arena.
—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
8 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whoops
Noun
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There was an appeal for a penalty after Tyler Adams and an Aussie attacker came together in the box, but those shouts were waved away by the referee.
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Not everyone could get to San Antonio, but their shouts may well have been heard in Texas.
Noun
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Their hoots and hollers drowned Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s explanation of how a title defense fell short.
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Wiseman said to hoots from the crowd of media gathered at the site.
Verb
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The Blackhawks dressing room was a rowdy scene after the game, their hoots and hollers reverberating throughout the bowels of the United Center.
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Cowboy and cowgirl hoots and hollers complement the rumbling of the massive animals’ hooves as they’re rounded up into the corrals.
Noun
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Through blood-curdling howls and rants about fascism, fraud, and fighting to understand your identity, Truck Violence push through ugliness to find something more unaltered and real.
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Her presence is heralded not by the sounds of howls, roars or clanking chains, but by the shutting of the door to her study, the scrape of her chair as it is pulled towards her desk, and the clanking of her type-writer keys.
Noun
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Zachary Stevenson’s performance replicates the nerdy-yet-hip Texan through impressive guitar licks and superb vocals that are equally comfortable with sweet ballads and on-the-edge rockabilly songs.
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Elk, deer, and buffalo had migrated to and from mineral licks throughout North America for millennia.
Verb
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Rays pitching coach Kyle Snyder yells a lot of things from the dugout during a game, usually aimed at his own players.
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Sirianni yells to the man, who continues toward the building without a reaction.
Noun
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The little one’s first cries somehow complete the circle.
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The soundtrack of sneaker squeaks, rallying cries, and bouncing basketballs found visual complement in the crayon box of jerseys coloring the city in various shades of hometown pride.
Verb
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But if there is no clear-eyed accounting and address of the specific and systemic failings that led to so much loss last July 4, what happens the next time a flood roars through Texas Hill Country?
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Her presence is heralded not by the sounds of howls, roars or clanking chains, but by the shutting of the door to her study, the scrape of her chair as it is pulled towards her desk, and the clanking of her type-writer keys.
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“Whoops.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whoops. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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