Meanings
oop1
- informalUsed to indicate mild surprise or shock.
"One day, she was in New York and she went to go out with Cherry because Cherry worked on Wall Street," the singer [Ed Sheeran] shared on Armchair Expert. "And then she was like, 'Oh Cherry Seaborn is in town, do you want to hang out?' I was like, 'Yes.'" Oop!
2022 August 5, Gretty Garcia, “Everything We Know About Cherry Seaborn aka Ed Sheeran's Ultra-Cool Wife”, in CosmopolitanSynonyms: oops
oop2
- not comparablepronunciation spellingregionalPronunciation spelling of up.
OOP3
plural OOPs
- abbreviationinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of object-oriented programming.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablehobbiesInitialism of order of play (“the schedule of contests in a tennis event”).
- abbreviationinitialismnot comparablemediaInitialism of out of print.
- abbreviationnot comparableAbbreviation of out of pocket.
- abbreviationnot comparableAbbreviation of out of process.
present singular third person OOPs · participle present OOPing · participle past OOPed · past OOPed
- informalcomputingTo use object-oriented programming for a task.
Synonyms & antonyms
interjectionUsed to indicate mild surprise or shock.
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
oop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oop
“oop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oop. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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