| 释义 |
whoop-up Chiefly N. Amer.|ˈhuːpʌp, hw-|
[f. vbl. phr. to whoop it up: see whoop v. 1 e.]
An instance of ‘whooping it up’; a noisy celebration or party; revelry.
1913I. Cowie Company of Adventurers 319 As soon as the general ‘whoop-up’ began, all the traders..packed up their outfits snugly and retired. 1927Daily Express 5 Oct. 3/3 The Ward Room is—apart from the ‘whoops up’ natural to lonely men—noted for its air of sober responsibility. 1953D. Cushman Stay away, Joe 22 Ain't you going to have no dance, no rodeo, whoop-up? 1968E. S. Russenholt Heart of Continent iii. ix. 153 For ‘whoop-up juice’ they [sc. whisky traders] reclaim the rifles Indian hunters have just bought with a year's hunting. 1976D. Heffron Crusty Crossed xiv. 101, I thought it quite..sensible of Big Point to have one great annual public whoop-up in which to give a little exercise to the witch and devil of one's soul. |