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hoot, whoot, howlHmmm...but since there's an owl in h owl, I guess there's something of a hoot there as well! So there you are! 
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hoot, whoot, howl
Hmmm...but since there's an owl in howl, I guess there's something of a hoot there as well! So there you are!
hoot, owl, howl, whoot...put 'em all together, drop the "h", and you get, AnnaS, wloot
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OK. I hear that, Fish, as a hoot--or a whoopee, as I wrote--but as you pointed out, I've never heard whoopee used as a verb--only as an interjection. So, if I were bound and determined to use whoopee in this context, I'd really have to change the rhythm of the sentence and write:
Jerry shouted, "Whoopee!" as he whipped the car around......but I don't like that nearly as well as the original Jerry hooted as he whipped the car around. I was just making the point that when one hoots, one makes a sound, I would imagine, similar to Whoopee. Now that I think about it more deeply--glad I'm spending my morning this way, by the way--I don't think Whoopee is good at all. I like the hoot.
Jerry whooped as he whipped the car around
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No problem with "whooped," but "whoopee" is a two-syllable, different kind of shout, and "whoopeed" as he rounded the corner sounded like an odd verb. But now that you've gone and "whooped," I suppose "whoopeed" would be ok, too, Dody.
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