woot

American

[woot] / wut /

Or w00t

interjection

Slang.

(an exclamation used especially in video gaming and digital communications to express joy, satisfaction, triumph, etc.)

woot British

/ wuːt /

interjection

Also written: w00t. slang (esp used by players in online games) a shout of joy, victory, etc

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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

A Shipman was ther, woning fer by weste: For aught I woot, he was of Dertemouthe.

From King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 by Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble)

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

"In glotonye, God woot, Go thei to bedde, And risen with ribaudie, The Roberdes knaves."

From Notes and Queries, Number 51, October 19, 1850 by Various

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