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OOP^¹

noun OOPs

abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of object-oriented programming
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of order of play (“the schedule of contests in a tennis event”).
Internet, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of original original poster (“the creator of quoted material”). Everyone here is mocking OOP, but I think he has a point.

adjective

abbreviation, initialism, not comparable Initialism of out of print
abbreviation, initialism, not comparable Initialism of out of position
abbreviation, not comparable Abbreviation of out of pocket
abbreviation, not comparable Abbreviation of out of process

verb OOPs · OOPing · OOPed

informal To use object-oriented programming for a task.

oop^²

interjection

informal Used to acknowledge a small mistake or accident.
Similar: oops, oopsy
informal Used to indicate mild surprise or shock. "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!
Similar: oops

oop^³

/ʊp/
[ɤp]

adverb

not comparable, pronunciation spelling, regional Pronunciation spelling of up

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: whoopsie, oops, whoops, yikes, overload, autobox, override, outprogram, superclass, prog, outcode, outline, subclass, code up, code, hoist

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@misc{oop_2026,
  title = {oop},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oop},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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