English Dictionary

WHOOP IT UP

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does whoop it up mean? 

WHOOP IT UP (verb)
  The verb WHOOP IT UP has 1 sense:

1. celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivitiesplay

  Familiarity information: WHOOP IT UP used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WHOOP IT UP (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

jollify; make happy; make merry; make whoopie; racket; revel; wassail; whoop it up

Context example:

Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!

Hypernyms (to "whoop it up" is one way to...):

celebrate; fete (have a celebration)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "whoop it up"):

carouse; riot; roister (engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s


 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"We are all in this together." (English proverb)

"No death without reason." (Bhutanese proverb)

"For the sake of the flowers, the weeds are watered." (Arabic proverb)

"Nothing is blacker than the pan." (Corsican proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact