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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whoopee cushion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English

Syllables
whoopee -cush-ion
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An inflatable bag containing a valve at its neck that retains the air in the bag until pressure is put on it (usually by someone unintentionally sitting on it after it has been placed on a chair by someone else as a practical joke), when the air is expelled with a sound similar to that of someone farting (breaking wind).

Inflected Forms

whoopee cushions (plural)

Questions

What does whoopee cushion mean?
An inflatable bag containing a valve at its neck that retains the air in the bag until pressure is put on it (usually by someone unintentionally sitting on it after it has been placed on a chair by someone else as a practical joke), when the air is expelled with a sound similar to that of someone farting (breaking wind).

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