Automobiles & Transportation Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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whistle-tip n. A “whistle-tip” is a device that is applied to, or is a modification of, a motor vehicle’s exhaust pipe for the sole purpose of creating a high-pitched or shrieking noise when the motor vehicle is operated. [English Automobiles & Transportation] [full cite] (Jul. 10, 2007)

whoa up v. Stewart couldn’t “whoa up” his car, as they say in NASCAR, and rammed into Sadler. [English Automobiles & Transportation Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Jun. 4, 2008)

whoop n. Much of the trail has developed a “cupped” condition, with a large berm of soil having built up on the outside edge of the trail. In places, the cupping is quite deep, and the undulations in the trail (known as “whoops” in motorcycle parlance) are growing. [English Automobiles & Transportation Slang] [full cite] (Jun. 20, 2007)

whoop n. Two weeks ago I listened while Karolyn and Julia talked about the steep downhill and the series of “whoops” at the beginning of the trail. “Whoops” are like moguls in downhill skiing, they are mounds that you ride over—don’t forget you are standing up, not sitting down, absorbing the undulation with your knees. [English Automobiles & Transportation Slang] [full cite] (Jun. 20, 2007)

whoop n. Like all BMX tracks, it’s designed with a series of wave-like bumps (whoops), banked corners (burms), bumps and jumps to challenge the skills of a biker. Bill Gilles, acting president of the Newmarket BMX Club, calls one “whoop,“ Spumoni Junction. “The name just popped out of my mouth one day,“ he says. “I don’t think I can even spell it.“ [English Automobiles & Transportation Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Jun. 20, 2007)

whoop de doo n. On the second day, we encountered 29 km of whoop-de-doos. For those unfamiliar with dirt bike vernacular, picture the harshest mogul run you’ve ever seen, lay it out horizontally, throw in some sand and you have whoops. It was amazingly invigorating. Whoops are best approached standing up, with you legs pumping like shock absorbers. Normally after a few hundred metres of this pounding, your legs turn to Jell-O. [English Automobiles & Transportation Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Jun. 20, 2007)

whoop-de-do n. They will race about 100 yards before funneling into a tight turn, followed by five jumps, a water hazard, mud pit, several sand traps and dozens of “whoop-de-do” cross-grain ruts. [English Automobiles & Transportation Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Jun. 20, 2007)

whoop-de-doo n. Another rider racing down the straight called the “L.I.E.“ (after the Long Island Expressway) fails to negotiate the washboard bumps, or “whoop-do-dos,“ as he should have and very nearly falls. [English Automobiles & Transportation Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Jun. 20, 2007)

whoop-de-doo n. It has a whoop-dee-doo…much to the delight of the city’s young bicycle riders. [English Automobiles & Transportation Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Jun. 20, 2007)

wickerbill n. Wickerbill—Also called a “Gurney flap or Gurney lip,“ this piece of equipment is used to create down force on a Sprint car wing. [English Automobiles & Transportation] [full cite] (May. 14, 2004)

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