whoop-de-doo

Interjection

1. Exclamation indicating (now often sarcastic) excitement or enthusiasm.
   • 'Whoop-de-doo!', yelled a surprised Conrad as the large engine ignited in front of them. That's the biggest thrill of my life.'2001, David J. Shayler, Gemini
   • It felt like Daddy might come waltzing into the room any minute, look around at all the food and people, and say, "Whoop-de-doo! What a party!"2001, Pamela Walker, Pray Hard, →ISBN, page 29

Adjective

whoop-de-doo (comparative more whoop-de-doo, superlative most whoop-de-doo)

1. Causing or marked by excitement, enthusiasm, or showiness.
   • Piscops are appalled by whoop-dee-doo gospel selections like "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam" and "Brighten the Corner Where You Are."1996, Florence King, The Florence King Reader
   • […] they presuppose not only disposable income but a commitment to affluence that insures the ultimate banality of the CD'S concrète-naif sound effects and whoop-de-doo chord changes.2000, Robert Christgau, Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s

Noun

whoop-de-doo (countable and uncountable, plural whoop-de-doos)

1. A commotion or frenzy of activity or excitement.
   • And, without any dramatic whoop-de-doo at the close of this song, he merely restates his simple, sentimental first phrase.1972, Alec Wilder, American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900-1950
   • We had to see what the whoop-dee-doo was all about, these crowds of Catholics trekking here for hundreds of years.2001, Dick Harte, Off Season
2. An event marked by such commotion, activity, or excitement.
   • It was a big whoop-de-doo. Hanes Auditorium was packed to the gills.2003, Goodbye, Little Rock and Roller, Marshall Chapman
   • They're going to have a fine time. Every ranch hand in the area, three hundred, four hundred, in for a whoop-de-doo.2012, William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone, Wyoming Slaughter: A Cotton Pickens Western, →ISBN, page 52
3. (uncountable) A style of racing in which the jockey establishes an early lead and then runs as fast as possible.
   • When Shoemaker wins or loses by a nose, it is an odds-on bet that a whoop-de-doo rider would have lost by lengths, having wasted the horse prematurely.1988, Tom Ainslie, Ainslie's Complete Guide to Thoroughbred Racing, →ISBN, page 203
4. (motorcycle racing or car racing) A bump in the track that causes a vehicle to become briefly airborne.
   • One of the most challenging are the whoop-de-doo bumps, also known as washboard roads.1993, Bob Italia, Motocross, →ISBN, page 25
   • So you can just power right along and kiss the top of every other whoop-de-doo with your front wheel and really make some time.1979 January, “Out There, a Honda 4-Stroke Looks Twice As Good”, in Cycle World Magazine, volume 18, number 11, page 112