woohoo

See also: woo hoo

English

Alternative forms

• whoo-hoo, whoo hoo, woo hoo, woo-hoo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wuːˈhuː/, /wʊˈhuː/, /wəˈhuː/

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• Rhymes: -uː

Interjection

woohoo

1. Used to express sudden or exuberant joy, happiness, excitement, approval or delight.

   Synonyms: hooray, yahoo, yay, yippee

   Woohoo! It’s summer again!

   • [1593, Gabriel Harvey, Pierces Supererogation: Or A New Prayse of the Old Asse, London: […] Iohn Wolfe, →OCLC; republished as John Payne Collier, editor, Pierces Supererogation: Or A New Prayse of the Old Asse. A Preparative to Certaine Larger Discourses, Intituled Nashes S. Fame (Miscellaneous Tracts. Temp. Eliz. & Jac. I; no. 8), [London: [s.n.], 1870], →OCLC, page 181:

     She […] hath ſtiled him with an immortall penne, the bawewawe of ſchollars, the tutt of gentlemen, the tee-heegh of gentlewomen, the phy of citizens, the blurt of Courtiers, the poogh of good letters, the faph of good manners, and the whoop-hooe of good boyes in London ſtreetes.]

Related terms

• whoopee
• woot, w00t