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WHOOP IT UP

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• WHOOP IT UP (verb)
The verb WHOOP IT UP has 1 sense:

1. celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities

Familiarity information: WHOOP IT UP used as a verb is very rare.

• WHOOP IT UP (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

jollify; make happy; make merry; make whoopie; racket; wassail; whoop it up; revel

Context examples:

The members of the wedding party made merry all night / Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!

Hypernyms (to "whoop it up" is one way to...):

celebrate; fete (have a celebration)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "whoop it up"):

carouse; riot; roister (engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking)

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