whoop it up
Idioms-
Also, make whoopee . Celebrate noisily, as in After exams they decided to whoop it up at their apartment , or Down in the basement the residents were making whoopee . The variant may be dying out. [ Slang ; late 1800s]
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Arouse enthusiasm, especially politically, as in The volunteers' job is to whoop it up for the candidate . [ Slang ; late 1800s]
Example Sentences
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With a prospect like that on the horizon, why did I need to be picking fights with the newspaper that had granted me leave to go and whoop it up for a year?
From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2020
Lively groups — of different genders, races and ages — whoop it up for all sorts of special occasions, from birthdays to bachelorettes to divorces.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 31, 2018
Last year’s No. 1 city for singles still knows how to whoop it up, ranking at the top of the survey for festivals, bars, and wild weekends.
From Time ● Jan. 28, 2015
Certainly did whoop it up; also a lot of Changing Places, High and Mighty with the Low and Not-so-mighty.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2014
Somebody ought to issue a call for volunteer groups of serious shouters to go out and whoop it up for a skyscraper, or a sunset or a sonnet.
From Seeing Things at Night by Broun, Heywood
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