whoopsy

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interjection

Whoops; oops.

“Ooh, Betty, the cat's done a whoopsy on the carpet!”

Scrabble 18

Meanings

whoopsy1

interjection

alternative whoopsie

  1. colloquialWhoops; oops.

whoopsy2

nounwhoopsy (plural whoopsies)

plural whoopsies · alternative whoopsie

  1. informalA mistake or blunder.
  2. UKchildishUrination, or a piece of excrement.

    Ooh, Betty, the cat's done a whoopsy on the carpet!

  3. UKslangA homosexual man, especially one with camp mannerisms.

whoopsy3

adjectivewhoopsy (comparative more whoopsy, superlative most whoopsy)

comparative more whoopsy · superlative most whoopsy

  1. informalWoozy; disoriented; queasy

    She felt headachy and a little whoopsy in her stomach.

    1999, Stephen King, The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon, page 40
    1 more example

    She'd forgotten that reading in cars always made her tummy feel a little whoopsy. Now, as she sat in the backseat and they swooped through turn after turn, her tummy felt a lot whoopsy. She closed her eyes. That didn't help at all.

    2014, Ellen Miles, The Puppy Place #34: Zipper

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

whoopsy · interjection

From whoops + -y (suffix forming colloquialisms).

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whoopsy · noun

From whoops + -y (diminutive suffix).

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whoopsy · adjective

From whoops + -y (adjectival suffix).

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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