Pronunciations
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/vuːp/
Noun
A short, slightly swooping sound normally produced by technology.
Usage- Colloquial
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Big ups to: the sound of scratching (that "voop voop voop"), old 45s, vinyl, NeilRoss and KDEO, Dusty Groove America, […]
I play with the zipper on my jacket, yanking it up and down. Voop. Voop. Voop-voop-voop.
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VOOP...He let the gears spin round in circles, for a couple revolutions...and then set it down.
Gin heard it too. Voop voop voop, the blades of a helicopter, voop voop voop.
Verb
To produce a voop sound, possibly accompanied by a swift fluid movement.
Usage- Colloquial
- Intransitive
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The curlews were still calling, and now I could see them, vooping and flashing in their spring flight.
The loudest sound, except for an occasional car, was my hood “vooping” back and forth near my ears.
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Bekiaa shouted at Bele, crouching under the vooping warble of returning musket fire.
Anyhow, I'm not about to sit here just waiting for them to voop in and grab me at any moment.