whoopee cushion in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for whoopee cushion in the English»French Dictionary

whoopee cushion N

whoopee cushion

coussin-péteur m

Translations for whoopee cushion in the English»French Dictionary

I.whoopee [Am ˈ(h)wʊpi, (h)wʊˈpi] inf N [Brit ˈwʊpi]

to make whoopee hum (make love)

faire l'amour

to make whoopee (have fun)

faire la foire inf

II.whoopee [Am ˈ(h)wʊpi, (h)wʊˈpi] inf INTERJ [Brit wʊˈpiː]

whoopee

youpi!

I.cushion [Brit ˈkʊʃ(ə)n, Am ˈkʊʃən] N lit

1. cushion:

cushion

coussin m

a cushion of air

un coussin d'air

2. cushion (protection, reserve):

cushion fig

garantie f (against contre)

3. cushion (in snooker):

cushion

bande f

to play off the cushion

jouer (par) la bande

II.cushion [Brit ˈkʊʃ(ə)n, Am ˈkʊʃən] VB trans

cushion blow, impact, costs, effects:

cushion

amortir

to cushion sb against sth

protéger qn contre qc

to cushion sb's fall

amortir la chute de qn

III.cushioned ADJ

1. cushioned:

cushioned (padded)

matelassé

cushioned (covered in cushions)

couvert de coussins

2. cushioned fig youth, era:

cushioned

hyperprotégé

whoopee cushion in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for whoopee cushion in the English»French Dictionary

I.whoopee [ˈwʊpɪ, Am ˈwu:pɪ] INTERJ

whoopee

hourra!

oh, whoopee

oh, youpi!

II.whoopee [ˈwʊpɪ, Am ˈwu:pɪ] N no pl

to make whoopee (have sex)

faire l'amour

to make whoopee (have a lot of fun)

faire la bringue

I.cushion [ˈkʊʃən] N

cushion

coussin m

to act as a cushion a. fig

amortir les chocs

II.cushion [ˈkʊʃən] VB trans a. fig

cushion

amortir

to cushion sb/sth from sth

protéger qn/qc de qc

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

I have remote whoopee cushions.

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Your director urges you to sit down for your mission briefing -- right onto a whoopee cushion.

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There is a whoopee cushion with a fake lit cigarette sticking out of it.

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My daughter also chose... a whoopee cushion.

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Whoopee cushion on the chair?

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Still, they sang songs, laughed and played with a whoopee cushion.

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Although rubber chickens and whoopee cushions are used with indiscretion, they are purchased with income that's discretionary.

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For example, extra marks will be given for imaginative use of a whoopee cushion.

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It makes everyone in the audience feel a rascally 8 years old, the age at which whoopee cushions (when they work) seem the greatest invention since firecrackers.

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A silent movie caricature villain makes a firefighter, then a nurse sit on a whoopee cushion.

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