Meaning

1 senses

  1. (slang)To vomit.

Examples

10 sentences

  1. Whoops, I must've made a mistake.

    deHoppla, da habe ich wohl einen Fehler gemacht. — Wuzzy

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  2. Whoops, I shouldn't have said that; it simply slipped out.

    ruОй, не надо было мне этого говорить — само как-то вырвалось. — Ooneykcall

    deUps, das hätte ich wohl nicht sagen sollen. Es ist mir einfach so herausgerutscht. — brauchinet

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  3. Whoops, my anarchy symbol!

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  4. "What's Donna's name?" "What? Whoops, it's good that no one heard us."

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  5. Whoops! There aren't many live coals left! Go make some kindling would you?

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Origin

Onomatopoetic.

Onomatopoetic.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

whoopses, whoopsing, whoopsed, whoopsed
Base formwhoops · to whoops
3rd person singularwhoopses
Present participlewhoopsing
Past simplewhoopsed
Past participlewhoopsed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywhoops
he, she, itwhoopses

Past simpleLesson

all personswhoopsed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave whoopsed
he, she, ithas whoopsed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill whoops

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
whomA2whomeverwhoopwhopwhopping

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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