whoopee

or whoop·ie

[ noun hwoop-ee, woop-ee, hwoo-pee, woo-; interjection hwoop-ee, woop-ee, hwoo-pee, woo- ]

interjection

, Informal.

1. (used as a shout of exuberant joy.)

whoopee

interjection

1. an exclamation of joy, excitement, etc

noun

1. make whoopee
   1. to engage in noisy merrymaking
   2. to make love

Word History and Origins

Origin of whoopee¹

First recorded in 1875–80, Americanism; whoop + -ee of uncertain origin; yippee

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. make whoopee, Informal. to engage in uproarious merrymaking.

Example Sentences

It's a cringe-comedy cornucopia, overflowing with whoopee cushions, ghost tours gone wrong, sloppy steaks and Little Buff Boys.

From Salon

Hardly any of the characters — including, most inexcusably, the Devil herself — feel fleshed out, and the conflicts tend to sputter out with all the drama of a sat-upon whoopee cushion.

From Washington Post

Fifteen-time “SNL” host Martin returned to the show this weekend to support his “Only Murders in the Building” co-star, Gomez, by appearing in a digital short about the inventor of the whoopee cushion.

From Los Angeles Times

This seems like an idea generated almost exclusively for car enthusiasts Ford isn’t ready to go so far as to turn its vehicles into rolling whoopee cushions.

From The Verge

“A poo-poo cushion is not the name of it! A whoopee cushion!”

From Washington Post