whoopee cushion
An inflatable bag containing a valve at its neck that retains the air in the bag until…An inflatable bag containing a valve at its neck that retains the air in the bag until pressure is put on it (usually by someone unintentionally sitting on it after it has been placed on a chair by someone else as a practical joke), when the air is expelled with a sound similar to that of someone farting (breaking wind).
» No practical joker should be without a whoopee cushion.
darinmex · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesAn inflatable bag containing a valve at its neck that retains the air in the bag until pressure is put on it (usually by someone unintentionally sitting on it after it has been placed on a chair by someone else as a practical joke), when the air is expelled with a sound similar to that of someone farting (breaking wind).
Furzkissen, Pupskissen
поду́шка-перду́шкаpodúška-perdúška
Examples
1 sentencesNo practical joker should be without a whoopee cushion.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
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Forms
plural: whoopee cushions| Singular | whoopee cushion |
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See also
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