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shoop

Pronunciation: /ʃuːp/

The English word “shoop” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The fruit of the rose; rosehip.
  2. Used as a singular form of sheep: an individual sheep.
  3. 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.

interjection

  1. Used as a scat word in song lyrics.

verb

  1. To digitally alter an image.

Etymology

From Middle English schoupe, from Old Norse *hjúpa (“rosehip”), from Proto-Germanic *heupǭ (“haw, hawthorn, thornbush, rosehip”). Cognate with Faroese hjúpa (“rosehip”), Old English hēope (“hip, rosehip”). Doublet of hip.

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