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whoops¹

  • /wʊps/ UK
  • /wuːps/ UK
  • /wʊps/ US
  • /ʍʊps/
  • /ʍʉps/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
  • /wʉps/ Northern Ireland, Scotland

Rhymes with -ʊps, -uːps

Where it comes from

Onomatopoetic.

interjection

  1. Oops.

verb whoopses · whoopsing · whoopsed

  1. slang To vomit. There are several people moaning in Tourist behind them, one stew had gone back with a handful of fresh airsick bags, and a man […] had whoopsed into his National Observer and had grinned apologetically at the stewardess who came to help him clean up.

whoops²

  • /wuːps/
  • /huːps/

Rhymes with -uːps

Where it comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

noun

  1. plural plural of whoop

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of whoop

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hack, attention, gotcha, jeepers, oop, oops, sorry, whoopsie, yikes, cheers, hollers, squeals, shrieks, yeahs, roars, shouts

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MLA

"whoops." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/whoops. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

whoops. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/whoops

Chicago

"whoops." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/whoops.

BibTeX
@misc{whoops_2026,
  title = {whoops},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/whoops},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}