"oop" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Afrikaans]

IPA: /ʊə̯p/ Forms: ope [attributive], oper [comparative], oopste [superlative], oep [alternative]
Etymology: From Dutch open, from Middle Dutch ōpen, from Old Dutch opan, from Proto-Germanic *upanaz. The monosyllabic form was either backformed from the attributive one or it shows sporadic apocope (cf. saam). Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|open}} Dutch open, {{inh|af|dum|ōpen}} Middle Dutch ōpen, {{inh|af|odt|opan}} Old Dutch opan, {{inh|af|gem-pro|*upanaz}} Proto-Germanic *upanaz Head templates: {{af-adj|ope}} oop (attributive ope, comparative oper, superlative oopste)
  1. open
    Sense id: en-oop-af-adj-I0j5mHRC Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Adverb [English]

IPA: /ʊp/, [ɤp]
Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} oop (not comparable)
  1. (regional) Pronunciation spelling of up. Tags: alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling, regional Alternative form of: up Related terms: alley oop, and I oop, ay oop
    Sense id: en-oop-en-adv-rlluYJsL Categories (other): English pronunciation spellings, Regional English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 11 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 75 12 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 7 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Interjection [English]

  1. (informal) Used to acknowledge a small mistake or accident. Tags: informal Synonyms: oops, oopsy
    Sense id: en-oop-en-intj-vzzzahG5
  2. (informal) Used to indicate mild surprise or shock. Tags: informal Synonyms: oops
    Sense id: en-oop-en-intj-6JtAgMqK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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              256,
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          "text": "\"One day, she was in New York and she went to go out with Cherry because Cherry worked on Wall Street,\" the singer [Ed Sheeran] shared on Armchair Expert. \"And then she was like, 'Oh Cherry Seaborn is in town, do you want to hang out?' I was like, 'Yes.'\" Oop!",
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        "(informal) Used to indicate mild surprise or shock."
      ],
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      ]
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        "(regional) Pronunciation spelling of up."
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          "word": "ay oop"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ʊp/"
    },
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      "ipa": "[ɤp]"
    }
  ],
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        "(regional) Pronunciation spelling of up."
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  ],
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