woot
Americaninterjection
interjection
Etymology
Origin of woot
First recorded in 1990–95; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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There were woot woots, cameras in the air and tears.
From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2023
“Shoot beaut boot, cute hirsute brute — woot woot!”
From Washington Post
Why, nay, y-wis; They wenen al be love, if oon be hoot; Do wey, do wey, they woot no-thing of this!
From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey
"But Wit konne wisse thee," quod Thoght, � "Where tho thre dwelle, Ellis woot I noon that kan � that now is alyve."
From English Satires by Smeaton, William Henry Oliphant
Now have I plat to yow myn herte shriven; And sin ye woot that myn entente is clene, 580 Tak hede ther-of, for I non yvel mene.
From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey
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