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make whoopee

make whoopee verb: to enjoy oneself in a boisterous manner.

Verb

make whoopee (third-person singular simple present makes whoopee, present participle making whoopee, simple past and past participle made whoopee)

  1. (slang) To enjoy oneself in a boisterous manner.
  2. (slang) To engage in sexual intercourse.
    • Guess who's making whoopee with your girlfriend. Those dreading words just drove me out of my mind. Guess who's making whoopee with your girlfriend. He's said what's mine is yours and yours is all mine.1971, “Mama's Pearl”, in Motown (unreleased version with alternate lyrics), performed by The Jackson 5
    • Disaster at the newly opened ski resort where hard-driving tycoon Hudson is determined to double his not insubstantial investment while his ex-wife Mia is making whoopee with one of the locals championing ecology.1990, Leonard Maltin, Leonard Maltin's TV Movies and Video Guide, Penguin, →ISBN, page 55
    Synonyms:
    make it

Synonyms of make whoopee

Forms of make whoopee

third-person singular presentmakes whoopee
present participlemaking whoopee
past participlemade whoopee
pastmade whoopee

Questions about make whoopee

What does make whoopee mean?
Make whoopee means to enjoy oneself in a boisterous manner.
What part of speech is make whoopee?
Make whoopee is a verb.
What is the past tense of make whoopee?
The past tense of make whoopee is made whoopee.

Words near make whoopee in the dictionary

  1. make vintage
  2. make water
  3. make waves
  4. make way
  5. make whole
  6. make whoopee
  7. make with
  8. make wudu
  9. make yourself at home
  10. make yourselves at home
  11. Make-A-Wish

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