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Definition of 'whoo'English
Interjection
( en-interj)
An expression of delight.
The wailing cry of a ghost.
* 1949 , Robertson Davies, The table talk of Samuel Marchbanks
- "You are mistaken; I am a ghost; whoo !" said I, choking back my rage.
* 1996 , R A Noonan, Wild ghost chase
- Then he held up his hands and let out a weak ghost-howl. "Whoo ?" he moaned, in a tiny voice.
The cry of an owl
Synonyms
* (expression of delight) wahoo, whoopee, yay, yippee
* (cry of an owl) tuwhit tuwhoo
Verb
( en-verb)
To make a whoo sound, of delight, whistling, or of an owl etc.
* 1891 , (Thomas Hardy), (w, Tess of the d'Urbervilles) , Part 6 :
*:"Upon my honour!" cried he, "there was never before such a beautiful thing in Nature or Art as you look, 'Cousin' Tess ('Cousin' had a faint ring of mockery). I have been watching you from over the wall—sitting like Im-patience on a monument, and pouting up that pretty red mouth to whistling shape, and whooing' and ' whooing , and privately swearing, and never being able to produce a note. Why, you are quite cross because you can't do it."
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