Definition of "shoop"

If you want to know(Shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop)If he loves you so(Shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop)It's in his kiss.

1963, Rudy Clark (lyrics and music), “The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)”

But don't it make you feel good (Shoop shoop aaahh)And don't it make you feel good (Shoop shoop aaahh)Don't it make you feel good (Shoop shoop aaahh)And don't it make you feel good (Shoop shoop aaahh)

1982, Bananarama (lyrics and music), “Shy Boy”, in Deep Sea Skiving

I like what ya do when you do what ya doYou make me wanna shoopShoop shoop ba-doopShoop ba-doop.

1993, Salt-N-Pepa (lyrics and music), “Shoop”, in Very Necessary

But there comes a point whenWhen we exhale (yeah, yeah, say)Shoop, shoop, shoopShoo be doop shoop shoop (yeah).

1995, Whitney Houston (lyrics and music), “Exhale (Shoop Shoop)”

> http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0091807549/o/qid=979300168/sr=8-1/026-8769325-3040456I thought you were a goat not a shoop.

2001 January 13: “A Magee”, alt.fan.british-accent (Google group): Better Living Through Spam

The process is quite simple: with the sheep firmly planted in the boots, the shepherd — let’s call him Rumplestiltskin for arguement’s sake — sneaks up behind the sheep (or the singular shoop) and inserts his feet in the boots behind the shoop.

2001 March 28: “Rick Lalonde”, alt.security.alarms (Google group): Baaah Humbug

> Now, look here. If you’re going to introduce multiple sheep into this thread, the least you could do is call them sheepae.> (Pronounced “sheep-eye”?)“Sheep” *is* plural… the singular is “shoop” (analogy “feet/foot”, “teeth/tooth”)…

2002 January 15: “R H Draney”, alt.usage.english (Google group): Agendae

>>>Is there any tailor here who still collects own cloth by sheerinh[sic] sheeps or>>>such? […] > Sheeps???That's clearly wrong... like geese is the plural of goose, sheep must be the plural of shoop. No?

2002 November 6: “Jared of Europa”, rec.games.computer.ultima.online (Google group): Tailors ahoy!

If the plural of moose is meese the singular of sheep must be shoop.

2009 August 21: “TimC”, alt.sysadmin.recovery (Google group): inept customer service