oops

See also OOPS

English

Etymology

A presumably 'natural' exclamation, only attested since 1933, possibly altered to (or from) whoops (attested since 1933)

Pronunciation

• enPR: o͞ops, IPA: /uːps/, /ʊps/, X-SAMPA: /u:ps/

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• Rhymes: -uːps
• Rhymes: -ʊps

Interjection

oops

1. Acknowledging a minor mistake.

   Oops! I left the lid off the ketchup.

2. Used sarcastically to acknowledge a major mistake.

   I just stood on dog poo! Oops!

   I just ran over a squirrel. Oops!

   Oops, I didn't see you there.

Synonyms

• oopsy
• uh-oh
• whoops
• whoops-a-daisy

Translations

acknowledging a minor mistake

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哎呀 (cmn) (āiyā, āiyá)

• Danish: ups (da), hovsa (da)
• Dutch: ai (nl), amaai (nl), oeps (nl), oei (nl), zut (nl)
• Finnish: ups (fi), oho (fi)
• French: oups (fr), houp! (fr)
• Georgian: უი (ka) (ui), ვაი (ka) (vai), უფს (ka) (up's)
• German: ups (de), huch (de)
• Hungarian: hoppá (hu)

• Icelandic: úps (is), úbbs (is), æj (is)
• Japanese: あら (ja) (ara), おや (ja) (oya)
• Malay: oop (ms)
• Polish: oj (pl), ups (pl)
• Portuguese: opa (pt), ops (pt)
• Russian: ой (ru) (oj), упс (ru) (ups) (neologism), ох (ru) (ox)
• Serbo-Croatian: ups (sh), jao (sh), (slang, from english "shit") šit (sh)
• Spanish: ops (es)
• Swedish: hoppsan (sv)

used sarcastically to acknowledge a major mistake

• Dutch: aiai (nl), oeps (nl), oeioei (nl), help (nl)
• Finnish: ups (fi), oho (fi)
• Malay: oop (ms)

• Polish: oj (pl), ups (pl)
• Russian: ой (ru) (oj), упс (ru) (ups) (neologism)
• Spanish: oh oh (es)

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Translations to be checked

• German: hoppla (de), upps (de)
• Hebrew: אופס (he) (oops)
• Icelandic: úps (is)

• Italian: ops (it)
• Spanish: ups (es)
• Swedish: oj (sv), hoppsan (sv)
• Turkish: (Pronounced "I!") ay (tr)

Anagrams

• poos