Definition of "whoop-la" [whoop-la]

• Whoop! hallo! Also spelled hoop-la and houp-la.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "When he learned he had been assigned the case, he wrote his wife that if the case were not quickly settled, his decision would go against the government, and then "whoop-la, your little man is in the mud.""
• "I think that part of why I feel so weary now--so exhausted about the whole thing is that all the whoop-la of gifts and cookies and food and holiday perfection often makes us miss the real reason for it all."
• "Kerry is not running for any office, so it is clear from all this whoop-la, that the President and the Republicans are clutching at straws to keep their failed policies alive."