whoops

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UK/wʊps/UK/wuːps//ʍʊps/Northern Ireland, Scotland/ʍʉps/

interjection

Oops.

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Meanings

whoops1

interjection
  1. Oops.
verbwhoops (third-person singular simple present whoopses, present participle whoopsing, simple past and past participle whoopsed)

present singular third person whoopses · participle present whoopsing · participle past whoopsed · past whoopsed

  1. slangTo vomit.

    There are several people moaning in Tourist behind them, one stew had gone back with a handful of fresh airsick bags, and a man […] had whoopsed into his National Observer and had grinned apologetically at the stewardess who came to help him clean up.

    2023, Lucas Scott Mark, The Hitman

whoops2

noun
  1. pluralplural of whoop
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of whoop

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
buggeroopsregurgitatewhoops-a-daisywhoopsie-daisy

Origin

whoops · interjection, verb

Onomatopoetic.

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whoops · noun, verb

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with whoops

troopsoopshoopssupes
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Cite this entry
APA

whoops. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whoops

MLA

“whoops.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whoops. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whoops,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whoops.

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