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  {
    "meta": {
      "id": "hoo-ha",
      "uuid": "6680881a-74ad-49ce-8caa-93e3da83e751",
      "sort": "080252100",
      "src": "collegiate",
      "section": "alpha",
      "stems": [
        "hoo-ha",
        "hoo-hah",
        "hoo-hahs",
        "hoo-has"
      ],
      "offensive": false
    },
    "hwi": {
      "hw": "hoo-ha",
      "prs": [
        {
          "mw": "ˈhü-ˌhä",
          "sound": {
            "audio": "hooha001",
            "ref": "c",
            "stat": "1"
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "vrs": [
      {
        "vl": "or less commonly",
        "va": "hoo-hah"
      }
    ],
    "fl": "noun",
    "def": [
      {
        "sls": [
          "informal"
        ],
        "sseq": [
          [
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}a state or condition of excitement, agitation, or disturbance {bc}{sx|commotion||}, {sx|uproar||} "
                  ],
                  [
                    "vis",
                    [
                      {
                        "t": "… she wore the jacket again … —wore it unapologetically knowing all the {wi}hoo-ha{/wi} it had caused …",
                        "aq": {
                          "auth": "Vanessa Friedman"
                        }
                      },
                      {
                        "t": "{ldquo}I remember one time there was a big {wi}hoo-hah{/wi} about a rare bird.{rdquo}",
                        "aq": {
                          "auth": "Lee Child"
                        }
                      }
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
    "et": [
      [
        "text",
        "probably from Yiddish {it}hu-ha{/it} uproar, exclamation of surprise"
      ]
    ],
    "date": "1931",
    "shortdef": [
      "a state or condition of excitement, agitation, or disturbance : commotion, uproar"
    ]
  },
  {
    "meta": {
      "id": "boo-hoo",
      "uuid": "c6a26ec1-72fb-479c-9e16-284da004e80f",
      "sort": "020343050",
      "src": "collegiate",
      "section": "alpha",
      "stems": [
        "boo hoo",
        "boo hooed",
        "boo hooing",
        "boo hoos",
        "boo-hoo",
        "boo-hooed",
        "boo-hooing",
        "boo-hoos",
        "boohoo",
        "boohooed",
        "boohooing",
        "boohoos"
      ],
      "offensive": false
    },
    "hwi": {
      "hw": "boo-hoo",
      "prs": [
        {
          "mw": "bü-ˈhü",
          "sound": {
            "audio": "boo-hoo_1",
            "ref": "owl",
            "stat": "1"
          }
        },
        {
          "mw": "ˈbü-ˌhü"
        }
      ]
    },
    "vrs": [
      {
        "vl": "or",
        "va": "boo*hoo"
      },
      {
        "vl": "or less commonly",
        "va": "boo hoo"
      }
    ],
    "fl": "verb",
    "ins": [
      {
        "if": "boo-hooed"
      },
      {
        "il": "or",
        "if": "boo*hooed"
      },
      {
        "if": "boo-hoo*ing"
      },
      {
        "il": "or",
        "if": "boo*hoo*ing"
      }
    ],
    "def": [
      {
        "vd": "intransitive verb",
        "sseq": [
          [
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}to weep loudly and with sobs "
                  ],
                  [
                    "vis",
                    [
                      {
                        "t": "… even the impeccable Lord Jeffrey, editor of the {it}Edinburgh Review{/it}, confessed to having cried—blubbered, {wi}boohooed{/wi}, snuffled, and sighed—over the death of Little Nell in {it}The Old Curiosity Shop{/it}.",
                        "aq": {
                          "auth": "Tom Wolfe"
                        }
                      },
                      {
                        "t": "Joey kept {wi}boo-hooing{/wi} like a real idiot.",
                        "aq": {
                          "auth": "Christopher Paul Curtis"
                        }
                      }
                    ]
                  ],
                  [
                    "uns",
                    [
                      [
                        [
                          "text",
                          "often used as an interjection especially in mocking imitation of another's tears, complaints, unhappiness, etc. "
                        ],
                        [
                          "vis",
                          [
                            {
                              "t": "Before she finished her question, one twin and then the other began to cry. \"{wi}Boohoo{/wi}, {wi}boohoo{/wi},\" Ernie mocked. \"I'm not staying with crybabies.\"",
                              "aq": {
                                "auth": "Nancy Smiler Levinson"
                              }
                            },
                            {
                              "t": "He said as long as I was being so pure, why not give her the real scoop on her old man? I said because it would crush her. {wi}Boo hoo{/wi}, he said.",
                              "aq": {
                                "auth": "George Saunders"
                              }
                            }
                          ]
                        ]
                      ]
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
    "uros": [
      {
        "ure": "boo-hoo",
        "vrs": [
          {
            "vl": "or",
            "va": "boohoo"
          }
        ],
        "fl": "noun",
        "ins": [
          {
            "il": "plural",
            "if": "boo-hoos"
          },
          {
            "il": "or",
            "if": "boo*hoos"
          }
        ],
        "utxt": [
          [
            "vis",
            [
              {
                "t": "… the tough Garden crowd reacted with boos instead of {wi}boo-hoos{/wi}.",
                "aq": {
                  "auth": "Richard Johnson"
                }
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      },
      {
        "ure": "boo-hoo*ing",
        "vrs": [
          {
            "vl": "or",
            "va": "boo*hoo*ing"
          }
        ],
        "fl": "noun",
        "utxt": [
          [
            "vis",
            [
              {
                "t": "\"Woman: cease this detestable {wi}boohooing{/wi} instantly; or else seek the shelter of some other place of worship.\"",
                "aq": {
                  "auth": "George Bernard Shaw"
                }
              },
              {
                "t": "No one feels good after being dumped. The loudest {wi}boo-hooing{/wi} seems to be coming from young people …",
                "aq": {
                  "auth": "Jane Bryant Quinn"
                }
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
    "et": [
      [
        "text",
        "imitative"
      ]
    ],
    "date": "1806",
    "shortdef": [
      "to weep loudly and with sobs —often used as an interjection especially in mocking imitation of another's tears, complaints, unhappiness, etc."
    ]
  },
  {
    "meta": {
      "id": "whoo-hoo",
      "uuid": "1a4d4ae3-1fbb-457f-9928-af709547f0f2",
      "sort": "230147300",
      "src": "collegiate",
      "section": "alpha",
      "stems": [
        "whoo-hoo",
        "woo-hoo"
      ],
      "offensive": false
    },
    "hwi": {
      "hw": "whoo-hoo"
    },
    "fl": "interjection",
    "cxs": [
      {
        "cxl": "variant spelling of",
        "cxtis": [
          {
            "cxt": "woo-hoo"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "def": [
      {
        "sseq": [
          [
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "uns",
                    [
                      [
                        [
                          "text",
                          "used to express exuberant delight or approval"
                        ]
                      ]
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
    "shortdef": [
      "—used to express exuberant delight or approval"
    ]
  },
  {
    "meta": {
      "id": "woo-hoo",
      "uuid": "b7a0343a-c775-43a5-9b9f-16801849bfd1",
      "sort": "230215700",
      "src": "collegiate",
      "section": "alpha",
      "stems": [
        "whoo-hoo",
        "woo-hoo"
      ],
      "offensive": false
    },
    "hwi": {
      "hw": "woo-hoo",
      "prs": [
        {
          "mw": "ˈwü-ˈhü",
          "sound": {
            "audio": "woohoo02",
            "ref": "u",
            "stat": "1"
          }
        },
        {
          "mw": "ˌwü-"
        }
      ]
    },
    "vrs": [
      {
        "vl": "or",
        "va": "whoo-hoo"
      }
    ],
    "fl": "interjection",
    "def": [
      {
        "sseq": [
          [
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "uns",
                    [
                      [
                        [
                          "text",
                          "used to express exuberant delight or approval"
                        ]
                      ]
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
    "date": "1697",
    "shortdef": [
      "—used to express exuberant delight or approval"
    ]
  },
  {
    "meta": {
      "id": "yoo-hoo",
      "uuid": "f80122de-b704-4586-aa46-e7602baabe99",
      "sort": "250251000",
      "src": "collegiate",
      "section": "alpha",
      "stems": [
        "yoo-hoo"
      ],
      "offensive": false
    },
    "hwi": {
      "hw": "yoo-hoo",
      "prs": [
        {
          "mw": "ˈyü-(ˌ)hü",
          "sound": {
            "audio": "yooho01w",
            "ref": "c",
            "stat": "1"
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "fl": "interjection",
    "def": [
      {
        "sseq": [
          [
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "uns",
                    [
                      [
                        [
                          "text",
                          "used to attract attention or as a call to persons"
                        ]
                      ]
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
    "et": [
      [
        "text",
        "probably alteration of {it}yo-ho{/it}, interjection used to attract attention {ma}{mat|yahoo|}{/ma}"
      ]
    ],
    "date": "circa 1924",
    "shortdef": [
      "—used to attract attention or as a call to persons"
    ]
  }
]