Meaning of whoop-de-doo | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A commotion or frenzy of activity or excitement.
   countable, uncountable
2. An event marked by such commotion, activity, or excitement.
   countable, uncountable
3. A style of racing in which the jockey establishes an early lead and then runs as fast as possible.
   uncountable
4. A bump in the track that causes a vehicle to become briefly airborne.
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“And, without any dramatic whoop-de-doo at the close of this song, he merely restates his simple, sentimental first phrase.”

“We had to see what the whoop-dee-doo was all about, these crowds of Catholics trekking here for hundreds of years.”

“Lots of meetings, lots of whoop-de-doo. exponential growth assured.”

“It was a big whoop-de-doo. Hanes Auditorium was packed to the gills.”

“They're going to have a fine time. Every ranch hand in the area, three hundred, four hundred, in for a whoop-de-doo.”

“When Shoemaker wins or loses by a nose, it is an odds-on bet that a whoop-de-doo rider would have lost by lengths, having wasted the horse prematurely.”

“One of the most challenging are the whoop-de-doo bumps, also known as washboard roads.”

“So you can just power right along and kiss the top of every other whoop-de-doo with your front wheel and really make some time.”

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