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Vinony

whoo

interjection

  1. cheer
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /wuː/

intj

  1. An expression of joy and excitement.
  2. The wailing of a ghost.

    “"You are mistaken; I am a ghost; whoo!" said I, choking back my rage.”

    “Then he held up his hands and let out a weak ghost-howl. "Whoo?" he moaned, in a tiny voice.”

  3. The cry of an owl.

noun

  1. A "whoo" sound; the cry of an owl or similar.

verb

  1. To make a whoo sound, of delight, whistling, or of an owl etc.

    “"Upon my honour!" cried he, "there was never before such a beautiful thing in Nature or Art as you look, 'Cousin' Tess ('Cousin' had a faint ring of mockery). I have been watching you from over the wall—sitting like Im-patience on a monument, and pouting up that pretty red mouth to whistling shape, and whooing and whooing, and privately swearing, and never being able to produce a note. Why, you are quite cross because you can't do it."”