| Definitions | | whoop-de-doo |
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noun
- A commotion or frenzy of activity or excitement.
- 1972: Alec Wilder, American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900-1950
- : And, without any dramatic whoop-de-doo at the close of this song, he merely restates his simple, sentimental first phrase.
- 2001: Dick Harte, Off Season
- : We had to see what the whoop-dee-doo was all about, these crowds of Catholics trekking here for hundreds of years.
- An event marked by such commotion, activity, or excitement.
- 2003: Marshall Chapman, Goodbye, Little Rock and Roller
- : It was a big whoop-de-doo. Hanes Auditorium was packed to the gills.
adjective
- Causing or marked by excitement, enthusiasm, or showiness.
- 1996: Florence King, The Florence King Reader
- : Piscops are appalled by whoop-dee-doo gospel selections like "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam" and "Brighten the Corner Where You Are."
- 2000: Robert Christgau, Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s
- : ...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.
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