whoopsy

English

Etymology

whoops +‎ -y

Interjection

whoopsy

1. whoops; oops

Noun

whoopsy (plural whoopsies)

1. (informal) A mistake or blunder.

Adjective

whoopsy (comparative more whoopsy, superlative most whoopsy)

1. (informal) woozy; disoriented; queasy
   • 1999, Stephen King, The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon (page 40)

     She felt headachy and a little whoopsy in her stomach.

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

     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.

See also

• whoopsie