Dictionary

whoo en · INTJ

Pronunciation

• /wuː/
• (US) audio
• (Southern-England) audio
• wo͞o

Meanings

1. An expression of joy and excitement.
2. The wailing of a ghost.
   • "You are mistaken; I am a ghost; whoo!" said I, choking back my rage. 1949, Robertson Davies, The table talk of Samuel Marchbanks:
   • Then he held up his hands and let out a weak ghost-howl. "Whoo?" he moaned, in a tiny voice. 1996, R A Noonan, Wild ghost chase:
3. The cry of an owl.

Forms

Synonyms

yay (expression of joy or excitement) · tuwhit tuwhoo (cry of an owl)

Translations (9)

nl oeh (the wailing cry of a ghost) · pl hu (the cry of an owl) · fi oo (expression of delight and excitement) · nl joepie (expression of delight and excitement) · pl juhu (expression of delight and excitement) · nl oehoe (the cry of an owl) · fi huu (the wailing cry of a ghost) · fi hu-huu (the cry of an owl) · pl u (the wailing cry of a ghost)

whoo en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /wuː/
• (US) audio
• (Southern-England) audio
• wo͞o

Meanings

1. A "whoo" sound; the cry of an owl or similar.

Forms

whoo en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /wuː/
• (US) audio
• (Southern-England) audio
• wo͞o

Meanings

1. To make a whoo sound, of delight, whistling, or of an owl etc.
   • "Upon my honour!" cried he, "there was never before such a beautiful thing in Nature or Art as you look, 'Cousin' Tess ('Cousin' had a faint ring of mockery). I have been watching you from over the wall—sitting like Im-patience on a monument, and pouting up that pretty red mouth to whistling shape, and whooing and whooing, and privately swearing, and never being able to produce a note. Why, you are quite cross because you can't do it." 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Part 6:

Forms

Relateds

whoo doggy · whoo-hah · whoo doggie · whoo-hoop