"oopsy" meaning in English

See oopsy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /uːpsi/, /ʊpsi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oopsy.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From oops + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|oops|y}} oops + -y Head templates: {{en-interj}} oopsy
  1. diminutive of oops Tags: diminutive, form-of Form of: oops
    Sense id: en-oopsy-en-intj-I9xXrQFk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: oopsie

Noun

IPA: /uːpsi/, /ʊpsi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oopsy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: oopsies [plural]
Etymology: From oops + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|oops|y}} oops + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} oopsy (plural oopsies)
  1. (very colloquial, childish) A mistake; particularly when babies soil their pants. Tags: childish
    Sense id: en-oopsy-en-noun-QxID7Whn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: oopsie

Verb

IPA: /uːpsi/, /ʊpsi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oopsy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: oopsies [present, singular, third-person], oopsying [participle, present], oopsied [participle, past], oopsied [past]
Etymology: From oops + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|oops|y}} oops + -y Head templates: {{en-verb}} oopsy (third-person singular simple present oopsies, present participle oopsying, simple past and past participle oopsied)
  1. (very colloquial, childish) To make a mistake, particularly when babies soil their pants. Tags: childish Related terms: boo-boo
    Sense id: en-oopsy-en-verb-Z4nALoWN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 6 90 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 12 11 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: oopsie

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for oopsy meaning in English (4.9kB)

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