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whoops en · INTJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Received-Pronunciation) audio
  • /wuːps/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /wʉps/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
  • /ʍʊps/ without the wine–whine merger
  • /ʍʉps/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
  • /wʊps/ (General-American)
  • /wʊps/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Onomatopoetic.

Meanings

  1. Oops.

Deriveds

whoops, there go my trousers · whoopsy · whoops-a-daisy

whoops en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Received-Pronunciation) audio
  • /wuːps/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /wʉps/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
  • /ʍʊps/ without the wine–whine merger
  • /ʍʉps/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
  • /wʊps/ (General-American)
  • /wʊps/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Onomatopoetic.

Meanings

  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. 2023, Lucas Scott Mark, The Hitman:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
whoopses Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
whoopsed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
whoopsed Tense=Past lexicographic
whoopsing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

whoops en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /huːps/
  • /wuːps/

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, plural) plural of whoop
    form of whoop

whoops en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /huːps/
  • /wuːps/

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Meanings

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