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MAKE WHOOPIE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does make whoopie mean? 

MAKE WHOOPIE (verb)
  The verb MAKE WHOOPIE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: MAKE WHOOPIE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MAKE WHOOPIE (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 "make whoopie" is one way to...):

celebrate; fete (have a celebration)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make whoopie"):

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

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s


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