oops
InterjektionSubstantivVerbhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigtes Königreich//uːps//
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ʊps//
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ʉwps//
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ɵps//
Used to acknowledge a small mistake or accident.
Interjektion
- 1
umgangssprachlichUsed to acknowledge a small mistake or accident.
Oops! I left the lid off the ketchup.
Oops, I did it again / I played with your heart, got lost in the game
- 2
umgangssprachlichUsed to indicate mild surprise or shock.
Herkunft
A presumably 'natural' exclamation, attested in writing since 1921. Related to or a variation of whoops (itself attested since 1933). A shortening of whoops-a-daisy, whoopsie-daisy, or oops-a-daisy, which in turn is a mispronunciation of ups-a-daisy or upsy-daisy.
Substantiv
- 1
A minor mistake or unforeseen difficulty.
It's an oops, but one that's your fault, not your puppy's.
Every plan and every activity has an “oops.” Oops, we forgot to..., oops, who was supposed to do that? We all have experienced “oopses”.
Isn't she the same woman who works at Wings that you and Billy almost got arrested for helping her with her last little oops?
My parents had moved to this house, which sat on the border of Corktown and Mexicantown, from their tiny apartment in Ann Arbor—once they found out that their little oops was actually two little oops.
Verb
- 1
To make a mistake; to blunder.
Formen
- Plural
- oopses
- Präteritum
- oopsed
- Partizip II
- oopsed
- Partizip I
- oopsing
- 3. Person Singular
- oopses
oops · Used to acknowledge a small mistake or accident.
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