whoops

English

Etymology 1

Onomatopoetic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʍʊps/, /ʍuːps/, /wʊps/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ʍʊps/, /wʊps/
• (without the wine–whine merger) IPA^(key): /ʍʊps/
• Rhymes: -ʊps

Interjection

whoops

1. Oops.

Derived terms

• whoops-a-daisy
• whoops, there go my trousers

Verb

whoops (third-person singular simple present whoopses, present participle whoopsing, simple past and past participle whoopsed)

1. (slang) To vomit.
   • 2023, Lucas Scott Mark, The Hitman:

     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.

Etymology 2

From whoop +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wuːps/, /huːps/
• Rhymes: -uːps

Noun

whoops

1. plural of whoop

Verb

whoops

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of whoop