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单词 whoop-up
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whoop-upn.

Brit. /ˈwuːpʌp/, /ˈhuːpʌp/, /ˈwʊpʌp/, /ˈhʊpʌp/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wupˌəp/, /ˈhupˌəp/, /ˈ(h)wʊpˌəp/, /ˈhʊpˌəp/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: whoop v., up adv.1
Etymology: < whoop v. + up adv.1, after to whoop it up at whoop v. Phrasal verbs.
1. North American. A noisy or raucous celebration or party; exuberant merrymaking, revelry.
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society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > [noun] > noisy or riotous
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1876 Redwood Gaz. (Redwood Falls, Minnesota) 4 May Arrangements are in progress..for the biggest kind of ‘whoop-ups’ the coming 4th of July.
1879 Memphis (Tennessee) Daily Appeal 6 Nov. His reception all along the line was a general ‘whoop up’, which will be a big card in coming political events.
1913 I. Cowie Company of Adventurers 319 As soon as the general ‘whoop-up’ began, all the traders..packed up their outfits snugly and retired.
1953 D. Cushman Stay away, Joe 22 Ain't you going to have no dance, no rodeo, whoop-up?
1976 D. Heffron Crusty Crossed xiv. 101 I thought it quite..sensible of Big Point to have one great annual public whoop-up in which to give a little exercise to the witch and devil of one's soul.
2004 Vancouver (Brit. Columbia) Province (Nexis) 17 Sept. a5 Her open-bar whoop-ups at Liberal conventions had become so popular she started booking entire nightclubs to stage them.
2. Originally and chiefly U.S. A display or gesture of support, acclamation, or praise. Obsolete.
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1879 Daily Cairo (Illinois) Bull. 28 June I hope the boys will keep the Tenth street hall open. Give 'em a ‘whoop-up’ for me.
1900 Bulletin (Sydney) 31 Mar. 10/2 Among all the thousands who cheered for the war there isn't one to give the plague a well-deserved whoop-up.
1927 Rotarian July 56/3 Somebody ought to drop in at the meeting of the Lath Benders' Union No. 55 and give them a whoop-up talk.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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