From Middle English schoupe, from Old Norse *hjúpa (“rosehip”), from Proto-Germanic *heupǭ (“haw, hawthorn, thornbush, rosehip”). Cognate with Faroese hjúpa (“rosehip”), Old English hēope (“hip, rosehip”). Doublet of hip.
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(Northern-England) The fruit of the rose; rosehip.
But there comes a point when / When we exhale (yeah, yeah, say) / Shoop, shoop, shoop / Shoo be doop shoop shoop (yeah) 1995 October 3 (date recorded), Babyface [pseudonym; Kenneth Brian Edmonds], “Exhale (Shoop Shoop)”, in Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album, performed by Whitney Houston, New York, N.Y.: Arista Records, published 6 November 1995, →OCLC:
If you want to know / (Shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop) / If he loves you so / (Shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop) / It's in his kiss. 1963 (date written), Rudy Clark, “It’s in His Kiss [The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s in His Kiss)]”, in It’s in His Kiss (Capitol; 4984) (single), performed by Merry Clayton, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.: Capitol Records, published 10 June 1963:
But don't it make you feel good (Shoop shoop aaahh) / And don't it make you feel good (Shoop shoop aaahh) / Don't it make you feel good (Shoop shoop aaahh) / And don't it make you feel good (Shoop shoop aaahh) 1982 June 21 (date released), Steven Nicholas Jolley, Tony Swain, “Shy Boy”, in Deep Sea Skiving, performed by Bananarama, London: London Recordings, →OCLC:
I like what ya do when you do what ya do / You make me wanna shoop / Shoop shoop ba-doop / Shoop ba-doop 1993 September 21 (date released), Sandra Denton, Cheryl James, “Shoop”, in Very Necessary (Next Plateau/London; 422 828 392-2), performed by Salt-N-Pepa, New York, N.Y.: Next Plateau Entertainment/London Records, →OCLC:
A deliberate back-formation from sheep on the pattern of nouns which underwent Germanic i-mutation, such as feet from foot, geese from goose, and teeth from tooth; compare the similarly humorously formed meese from moose.
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(humorous, nonstandard) Used as a singular form of sheep: an individual sheep.
I thought you were a goats^([sic – meaning goat]) not a shoop. 2001 January 13, A[nne] Magee, “Better Living Through Spam”, in alt.fan.british-accent (Usenet):
If the plural of moose is meese the singular of sheep must be shoop. [2009 August 21, TimC, quoting “Hetta on RHOD”, “[I]nept customer service”, in alt.sysadmin.recovery (Usenet):
The sheep in Belgium have no hoof and mouth disease because they all wear oversized rubber boots. […] The process is quite simple: with the sheep firmly planted in the boots the shepherd—let's call him Rumplestiltskin for arguement's^([sic – meaning argument's]) sake sneaks up behind the sheep (or the singular shoop) and inserts his feet in the boots behind the shoop. 2001 March 29, Rick Lalonde, “Thanks Paul Rumpleforeskin :-)”, in alt.security.alarms (Usenet):
Alteration of shop, a clipping of photoshop (“digitally altered image”).
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(Internet) An image that has been modified using Adobe Photoshop or similar image-manipulation software to produce a misleading impression; an instance of amateur, petty fauxtography.
Alteration of shop, a clipping of photoshop (“digitally altered image”).
Meanings
To digitally alter an image.
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Translations (3)
fi kuvanmuokkaus (image that has been modified using image-manipulation software to produce a misleading impression) · pl sfotoszopowany obrazek (image that has been modified using image-manipulation software to produce a misleading impression) · fi muokattu kuva (image that has been modified using image-manipulation software to produce a misleading impression)