Meaning

(Northern England) The fruit of the rose; rosehip..

Definitions by Sense

1. (Northern England) The fruit of the rose; rosehip.
2. (music) Used as a scat word in song lyrics.
3. (nonstandard, chiefly humorous) Used as a singular form of sheep: an individual sheep.
4. (Internet slang) An image that has been modified using Adobe Photoshop or similar image-manipulation software to produce a misleading impression; an instance of amateur, petty fauxtography.
5. To digitally alter an image.

Example Sentences

If you want to know / (Shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop) / If he loves you so / (Shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop) / It's in his kiss.

But don't it make you feel good (Shoop shoop aaahh) / And don't it make you feel good (Shoop shoop aaahh) / Don't it make you feel good (Shoop shoop aaahh) / And don't it make you feel good (Shoop shoop aaahh)

I like what ya do when you do what ya do / You make me wanna shoop / Shoop shoop ba-doop / Shoop ba-doop

But there comes a point when / When we exhale (yeah, yeah, say) / Shoop, shoop, shoop / Shoo be doop shoop shoop (yeah)

I thought you were a goats^([sic – meaning goat]) not a shoop.

The sheep in Belgium have no hoof and mouth disease because they all wear oversized rubber boots. […] The process is quite simple: with the sheep firmly planted in the boots the shepherd—let's call him Rumplestiltskin for arguement's^([sic – meaning argument's]) sake sneaks up behind the sheep (or the singular shoop) and inserts his feet in the boots behind the shoop.

If the plural of moose is meese the singular of sheep must be shoop.

Word Forms

• shoops
• shoup
• choop
• sheep
• shooping
• shooped

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When Should You Use Shoop?

Use shoop when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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