How to Use whoopee cushion in a Sentence

whoopee cushion

noun
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  • Luke pulls the whoopee cushion out for a demonstration.
    — Robbie Daw, Billboard, 19 Mar. 2018
  • The first round of the NFL draft is a national holiday, and using your pick on a guard makes a noise that sounds very much like a whoopee cushion.
    — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Jakubowski leads the way to the toy section, where a dad and his two little girls are gleefully trying out whoopee cushions.
    — Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com, 18 Oct. 2019
  • Take, for example, a royal throne that doubles as a whoopee cushion and emits fart noises and a jester door that tells bad knock-knock jokes.
    — Lori Weisberg, sandiegouniontribune.com, 23 Apr. 2018
  • The chattering teeth, whoopee cushions, rubber chickens and, yes, the fake vomit.
    — Michael K. McIntyre, cleveland.com, 11 Feb. 2018
  • Sometimes the game can have extreme twists that involve crazy things like snakes or spiders, but this one was only a pineapple, a whoopee cushion and a small lion figurine.
    — Alysha Tsuji, For The Win, 12 July 2018
  • Alfred Hitchcock planted whoopee cushions on seats, dyed food blue and reversed the order in which courses were served, beginning with dessert, all to toy with guests.
    — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2018
  • After all, the largest knock on Sumlin has been his ability to go full whoopee cushion in November and December after strong starts.
    — Andrew Astleford, ajc, 4 Oct. 2017
  • Some of Don Poynter’s creations, it must be admitted, had a certain whoopee cushion quality.
    — New York Times, 29 Aug. 2021
  • At a hands-on exhibit about comedy props, guests can grab plastic anvils, whoopee cushions and other items and place them on interactive video tables to watch movie and TV clips that use those props in slapstick.
    — Don Steinberg, WSJ, 21 July 2018
  • Their slapstick routines, involving, among other things, a tuba, a whoopee cushion, and lots of splashing water, are well-crafted and genuinely funny.
    — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Apr. 2018

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