| 单词 | to make whoopee |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make whoopee Phrases to make whoopee. a. To behave in a joyful, exuberant, or noisy manner; to party, celebrate. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > make merry [verb (intransitive)] > noisy or riotous revelc1390 ragea1400 roara1450 jet?1518 tirl on the berry?1520 roist1563 roist1574 revel1580 domineer1592 ranta1616 roister1663 scour1673 tory-rory1685 scheme1738 to run the rig1750 gilravagea1760 splore?a1799 spree1859 to go on the (or a) bend1863 to flare up1869 to whoop it up1873 to paint the town (red)1882 razzle1908 to make whoopee1920 boogie1929 to beat it up1933 ball1946 rave1961 1920 Elk City News-Democrat 29 Jan. 1/1 In one corner, a cowboy making ‘Whoopee’ out of his whip. 1927 Bakersfield (Calif.) Morning Echo 5 Aug. 4/3 The pair went on a three-day holiday.., winding up at Le Touquet where they were joined by the Prince of Wales and all made whoopee! 1961 J. Carew Last Barbarian 228 Joe handed him the money and left. He knew that it wouldn't last long. Bob was going to blow it out, make whoopee for a few months and end up where he started. 1986 J. D. Hamilton Bob Friday's Other Eye v. 20 The host tuned in the television coverage of New Year's Eve in Times Square. For two hours we heard dreary accounts of sad people trying to make whoopee in the rain. 2015 Daily News (Sri Lanka) (Nexis) 6 Oct. Boy, oh boy, I was in my element making whoopee as well as pretty good ‘moolah’ in the process. b. To have sexual intercourse.In quot. 1928 probably by innuendo. ΚΠ 1928 G. Kahn Makin' Whoopee (song) Another bride, another June, Another sunny honeymoon, Another season, another reason for making whoopee! 1949 F. Swinnerton Doctor's Wife comes to Stay 109 ‘I thought you and Mother would make whoopee here—’ ‘Whoopee!’ muttered the Doctor. ‘Disgusting word for a disgusting occupation!’ 1984 Q. Crisp Manners from Heaven vii. 74 ‘It often happens that when we think we're making whoopee we're only making a whoops! instead,’ I replied. 2016 thetimes.co.uk (Nexis) 31 July We were in bed together making whoopee, when I looked up and there, in the centre of her bookcase, I saw the urn with his ashes. Goodbye erection! < as lemmas |
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