Meaning of woo woo | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person readily accepting supernatural, paranormal, occult, or pseudoscientific phenomena, or emotion-based beliefs and explanations.
   countable, derogatory, slang
2. An alcoholic cocktail consisting of peach schnapps, vodka and cranberry juice.
3. The sound of a siren.
   childish
4. Supernatural, paranormal, occult, or pseudoscientific phenomena, or emotion-based beliefs and explanations.
   derogatory, slang, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“That reporter is a bit of a woo woo.”

“He is really into all that woo woo.”

“[…] there would still be realists who did not buy the woo-woo.”

“Only top-shelf liquor is served, though Sasha refuses to serve drinks he deems fratlike. These include woo woos, kamikazes and shots of any kind.”

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