"whoops" meaning in English

See whoops in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

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
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 Disambiguation of Pages linking to anchors not found in Appendix:Glossary: 80 20
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: /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 Forms: whoopses [present, singular, third-person], whoopsing [participle, present], whoopsed [participle, past], whoopsed [past]
Rhymes: -ʊps Etymology: Onomatopoetic. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Onomatopoetic}} Onomatopoetic Head templates: {{en-verb}} whoops (third-person singular simple present whoopses, present participle whoopsing, simple past and past participle whoopsed)
  1. (slang) To vomit. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-whoops-en-verb-ndNoz1AC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

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 heteronyms, English terms suffixed with -s, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 5 1 68 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 29 8 3 60 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -s: 29 11 3 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 6 2 64 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 5 1 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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