WOOP WOOP

Meaning of WOOP WOOP in English

/ ˈwʊp wʊp; NAmE / noun

( AustralE , informal ) a humorous name for a town or area that is a long way from a big city

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WORD ORIGIN

1920s: a jocular use of reduplication, a characteristic of Aboriginal languages.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

WOOP WOOP — /woop" woop'/ , Australian Slang ( disparaging ). an imaginary remote town or district symbolizing isolation and backwardness. Also, woop …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WOOP WOOP — [ 'wʊp wʊp ] ( NZ woop woops or wop wops ) ■ noun Austral./NZ informal, humorous a remote outback …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WOOP WOOP — n. Austral. & NZ sl. 1 a jocular name for a remote outback town or district. 2 (Woop Woop) an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WOOP WOOP — n. Austral. & NZ sl. 1 a jocular name for a remote outback town or district. 2 (Woop Woop) an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WOOP WOOP — n. Austral. & NZ sl. 1. a jocular name for a remote outback town or district. 2 (Woop Woop) an …
Oxford English vocab
WOOP WOOP — Aussie word. In the middle of nowhere. Example: Where'd I get that? Oh, woop woop.
Slang English vocab
WOOP — Woop ANZ [informal] - a small town which is far away from anywhere important
Cambridge English vocab
WOOP — #NAME? Example: boy: i just got home. girl: woop!
Slang English vocab
WHOOPEE — n. /hwoop"ee, woop"ee, hwooh"pee, wooh"-/ ; interj. /hwoop"ee", woop"ee", hwooh"pee", wooh"-/ , Informal. n. 1. make whoopee , to engage …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHOOP-DE-DO — /hoohp"dee dooh', -dooh", hoop"-, hwoohp"-, hwoop"-, woohp"-, woop"-/ , n. , pl. whoop-de-dos . Informal. 1. lively and noisy festivities; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHOOP — /hoohp, hoop/ ; esp. for 1, 3-5, 7-12 /hwoohp, hwoop, woohp, woop/ , n. 1. a loud cry or shout, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WOP WOPS — ■ plural noun New Zealand term for Woop Woop .
Concise Oxford English vocab
THE STICKS — (informal) THE COUNTRY, the countryside, rural areas, the provinces; the backwoods, the back of beyond, the wilds, the hinterland, a …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
STICK — n. 25B6; noun a fire made of sticks : PIECE OF WOOD, twig, small branch. he walks with a stick …
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BUSH — n. 25B6; noun a rose bush : SHRUB; ( bushes ) undergrowth, shrubbery. See lists at flower , tree . …
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WOOPIE — noun Also written WOOP or woopy (People and Society) A well-off older person; a member of a socio-economic group composed …
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