"whoops" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /ʍʊps/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ʍuːps/ [Received-Pronunciation], /wʊps/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ʍʊps/ [General-American], /wʊps/ [General-American], /ʍʊps/ (note: without the wine–whine merger) Audio: En-uk-whoops.oga [Received-Pronunciation]
Rhymes: -ʊps Etymology: Onomatopoetic. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Onomatopoetic}} Onomatopoetic Head templates: {{en-interj}} whoops
  1. Oops. Derived forms: whoops-a-daisy, whoops, there go my trousers
    Sense id: en-whoops-en-intj-cS-NtQgu Categories (other): Pages linking to anchors not found in Appendix:Glossary
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /wuːps/, /huːps/
Rhymes: -uːps Etymology: From whoop + -s. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|whoop|s}} whoop + -s Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} whoops
  1. plural of whoop Tags: form-of, plural Form of: whoop
    Sense id: en-whoops-en-noun-jr6PP5eK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /wuːps/, /huːps/
Rhymes: -uːps Etymology: From whoop + -s. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|whoop|s}} whoop + -s Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} whoops
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of whoop Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: whoop
    Sense id: en-whoops-en-verb-JapGxiZZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English terms suffixed with -s Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 5 68 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 24 6 70 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 31 10 59 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -s: 28 11 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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