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whoop-de-do U.S. colloq.|ˌhuːpdɪˈduː, hw-|
Also whoop-de-doo, etc.
[A fanciful extension of whoop v. or whoops int.]
A fuss, bustle, or commotion; a ‘to-do’; spec. in Motor-cycling, a very bumpy stretch of road.
[1895S. Crane Red Badge of Courage xvi. 160 ‘Whoop-a-dadee,’ said a man, ‘here we are! Everybody fightin'.’] 1929W. Faulkner Sound & Fury 321 But I cant have all this whoop-de-do and sulking at mealtimes. 1949S. Lewis God Seeker vi. 34 But what's the use of a loud-mouthed evangelical like your Reverend Chippler,..with his..general circus whoop-tee-do? 1962J. Steinbeck Trav. with Charlie 186 This is not patriotic whoop-de-do; it is a carefully observed fact. 1976B. Kaysing Fell's Beginner's Guide to Motorcycling 256 Whoop-de-doo, a road that goes up and down like a roller coaster track. 1980Dirt Bike Oct. 15/1 Very soon we were all lying beside the road, for even though the road looked good at first, it was plagued with whoopdiedoos, and we came into them a little hot. 1981Verbatim Spring 24/1 There was many an angry powwow and much whoop-de-do, but in the end, of course, the bigwigs won. 1985Dirt Bike Mar. 27/1 Through whoopdedos it takes a full stroke without bottoming harshly and keeps giving you maximum ground contact. |