Meanings
alternative uh oh · alternative uhoh · alternative oh-oh · alternative oh oh · alternative humorous ruh-roh
- informalAn exclamation of error, concern, or awareness of a problem.
Uh-oh! I made a mistake.
1 more example
Uh-oh. I emerged from the Underground station at London King's Cross the other day to find a dense throng of people filling the main line station's concourse.
2024 August 21, Philip Haigh, “Stranded trains: problems for passengers and operators”, in RAIL, number 1016, page 52Synonyms: uh-oh, Spaghetti-O
Synonyms & antonyms
interjectionAn exclamation of error, concern, or awareness of a problem.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 啊哦
- 啊哦 (āōu)exclamation
Dutch oei
- oeiexclamation
Esperanto aĉ
- aĉexclamation
Finnish ohhoh, o-ou
- ohhohexclamation
- o-ouexclamation
French oups
- oupsexclamation
Hindi अरे
- अरे (are)exclamation
Polish ojej
- ojejexclamation
Russian о-оу, ой-ой-ой
- о-оу (o-ou)exclamation
- ой-ой-ой (oj-oj-oj)exclamation
Swedish hoppsan, oj då
- hoppsanexclamation
- oj dåexclamation
Urdu ارے
- ارے (are)exclamation
Vietnamese oài, ôi
- oàiexclamation
- ôiexclamation
- ôi trời đấtexclamation
- trời đất ơiexclamation
- trời ơiexclamation
- ôi trời ơiexclamation
- ôi giời ơiexclamation
- ối trời ơiexclamation
Cite this entry
uh-oh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uh-oh
“uh-oh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uh-oh. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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