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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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woot

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

But nathelees, whan that he speken mighte, Than seyde he thus, `God woot, that of this game, Whan al is wist, than am I not to blame!'

From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey

And, for hir diverse disposicioun, Ech falleth in otheres exaltacioun; And thus, got woot!

From Astronomical Lore in Chaucer by Grimm, Florence M.

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)

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