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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 festivities
Familiarity information: MAKE WHOOPIE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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