Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

whoop it up en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To have a great time; to party or revel whole-heartedly or noisily.
    • They all went out to whoop it up on his 21st birthday.
    • "Toward the end of the meal I shall disappear for a bit. You keep the party going, to cover up. Play rowdy records at them, or something. And everybody help to whoop it up." 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 270:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
whoops it up Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
whooping it up Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
whooped it up Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
whooped it up Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

whoop-up

Synonyms

live large