"oops" meaning in English

See oops in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /uːps/, /ʊps/ Audio: en-us-oops.ogg , en-uk-Oops.ogg
enPR: o͞ops Rhymes: -uːps, -ʊps Etymology: A presumably 'natural' exclamation, attested in writing since 1921. Related to or a variation of whoops (itself attested since 1933). A shortening of whoops-a-daisy, whoopsie-daisy, or oops-a-daisy, which in turn is a mispronunciation of ups-a-daisy or upsy-daisy. Head templates: {{en-interj}} oops
  1. (colloquial) Acknowledging a mistake. Tags: colloquial Synonyms: oopsy, uh-oh, whoops, whoops-a-daisy Derived forms: oops baby, oopsie Translations (acknowledging a minor mistake): آهٍ (ʔāhin) (Arabic), chaous (Breton), vaja (Catalan), 哎呀 (āiyā, āiyá) (Chinese Mandarin), 啊哈 (āhā) (Chinese Mandarin), jejda (Czech), ups (Danish), hovsa (Danish), oeps (Dutch), oei (Dutch), ai (Dutch), amaai (english: Belgian Dutch expression) (Dutch), ups (Esperanto), oj (Esperanto), ups (Finnish), oho (Finnish), hups (Finnish), upsista (Finnish), hupsis (Finnish), hupsista (Finnish), oups (French), houp! (French), უი (ui) (Georgian), ვაი (vai) (Georgian), უფს (ups) (Georgian), ups (German), huch (German), hoppla (German), ουπς (oups) (Greek), אוּפְּס (ups) (Hebrew), hoppá (Hungarian), hopp (Hungarian), ajjaj (Hungarian), úps (Icelandic), æ (Icelandic), obbosí (Icelandic), ups (Indonesian), hoips (Irish), úps (Irish), ups (Italian), ops (Italian), おっと (otto) (Japanese), しまった (shimatta) (Japanese), あら (ara) (Japanese), おや (oya) (Japanese), あらら (arara) (Japanese), はあ () (Japanese), 아차 (acha) (Korean), oop (Malay), yíh (Navajo), wah (Navajo), waháá (Navajo), oj (Polish), ups (Polish), opa (Portuguese), ops (Portuguese), ups (Romanian), ой (oj) (Russian), упс (ups) [neologism] (Russian), ох (ox) (Russian), ups (Serbo-Croatian), jao (Serbo-Croatian), šit (note: from English "shit") [slang] (Serbo-Croatian), ajoj (Serbo-Croatian), joj (Serbo-Croatian), ops (Spanish), ups (Spanish), hoppsan (Swedish), oj (Swedish), ay (Tagalog) Translations (used sarcastically to acknowledge a major mistake): oeps (Dutch), oei (Dutch), ups (Finnish), oho (Finnish), hoppáka (Hungarian), おっと (otto) (Japanese), あら (ara) (Japanese), oop (Malay), oj (Polish), ups (Polish), ой (oj) (Russian), упс (ups) [neologism] (Russian), oh oh (Spanish)
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Noun

IPA: /uːps/, /ʊps/ Audio: en-us-oops.ogg , en-uk-Oops.ogg Forms: oopses [plural], oops [plural]
enPR: o͞ops Rhymes: -uːps, -ʊps Etymology: A presumably 'natural' exclamation, attested in writing since 1921. Related to or a variation of whoops (itself attested since 1933). A shortening of whoops-a-daisy, whoopsie-daisy, or oops-a-daisy, which in turn is a mispronunciation of ups-a-daisy or upsy-daisy. Head templates: {{en-noun|+|oops}} oops (plural oopses or oops)
  1. A minor mistake or unforeseen difficulty.
    Sense id: en-oops-en-noun-vetrk4IV

Verb

IPA: /uːps/, /ʊps/ Audio: en-us-oops.ogg , en-uk-Oops.ogg Forms: oopses [present, singular, third-person], oopsing [participle, present], oopsed [participle, past], oopsed [past]
enPR: o͞ops Rhymes: -uːps, -ʊps Etymology: A presumably 'natural' exclamation, attested in writing since 1921. Related to or a variation of whoops (itself attested since 1933). A shortening of whoops-a-daisy, whoopsie-daisy, or oops-a-daisy, which in turn is a mispronunciation of ups-a-daisy or upsy-daisy. Head templates: {{en-verb}} oops (third-person singular simple present oopses, present participle oopsing, simple past and past participle oopsed)
  1. (intransitive, colloquial) To make a mistake; to blunder. Tags: colloquial, intransitive
    Sense id: en-oops-en-verb-B5GnPtGJ

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
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          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
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          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "oups"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "houp!"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ui",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "უი"
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          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "vai",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "ვაი"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ups",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "უფს"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "ups"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "huch"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "hoppla"
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "oups",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "ουπς"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "ups",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "אוּפְּס"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "hopp"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "ajjaj"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "úps"
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        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "æ"
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        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "obbosí"
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        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "ups"
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        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "hoips"
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        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "úps"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "ups"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "ops"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "otto",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "おっと"
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        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shimatta",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "しまった"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ara",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "あら"
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        {
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "oya",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "おや"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "arara",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hā",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "はあ"
        },
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "acha",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "아차"
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        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "oop"
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        {
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "yíh"
        },
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          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "wah"
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        {
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "waháá"
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        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "oj"
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        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "ups"
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        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "opa"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "ops"
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
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        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "oj",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "ой"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ups",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
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        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ox",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
          "word": "ох"
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        {
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
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        {
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          "sense": "used sarcastically to acknowledge a major mistake",
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          "code": "es",
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    "Terms with Malay translations",
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      "word": "آهٍ"
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      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "vaja"
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      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "哎呀"
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      "word": "啊哈"
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      "word": "jejda"
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      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "ups"
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      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
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      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "amaai"
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      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "ups"
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      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
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      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "oho"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "hups"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "upsista"
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      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
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      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "oups"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "houp!"
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      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "უი"
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      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "vai",
      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "ვაი"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ups",
      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "უფს"
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      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "ups"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "huch"
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      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
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      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
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      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "úps"
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      "code": "is",
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      "word": "æ"
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      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "ups"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "shimatta",
      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "しまった"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ara",
      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "あら"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "おや"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "arara",
      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "あらら"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hā",
      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "はあ"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "acha",
      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "아차"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "oop"
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      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "yíh"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "wah"
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    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "waháá"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "oj"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "ups"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "opa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "ops"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "ox",
      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "ох"
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      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
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      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
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      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "note": "from English \"shit\"",
      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "ops"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "ups"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "hoppsan"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "oj"
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    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "acknowledging a minor mistake",
      "word": "ay"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "used sarcastically to acknowledge a major mistake",
      "word": "oeps"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "used sarcastically to acknowledge a major mistake",
      "word": "oei"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "used sarcastically to acknowledge a major mistake",
      "word": "ups"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "used sarcastically to acknowledge a major mistake",
      "word": "oho"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "used sarcastically to acknowledge a major mistake",
      "word": "hoppáka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "otto",
      "sense": "used sarcastically to acknowledge a major mistake",
      "word": "おっと"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ara",
      "sense": "used sarcastically to acknowledge a major mistake",
      "word": "あら"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "used sarcastically to acknowledge a major mistake",
      "word": "oop"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "used sarcastically to acknowledge a major mistake",
      "word": "oj"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "used sarcastically to acknowledge a major mistake",
      "word": "ups"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "упс"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "used sarcastically to acknowledge a major mistake",
      "word": "oh oh"
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          "text": "It's an oops, but one that's your fault, not your puppy's.",
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          "text": "Isn't she the same woman who works at Wings that you and Billy almost got arrested for helping her with her last little oops?",
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          "ref": "2015, Dawn Klehr, If You Wrong Us, →ISBN:",
          "text": "My parents had moved to this house, which sat on the border of Corktown and Mexicantown, from their tiny apartment in Ann Arbor—once they found out that their little oops was actually two little oops.",
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