oops

[oo ps, oops] /ʊps, ups/
interjection
1.
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
Origin
1925-30; origin uncertain
Examples from the web for oops
  • oops, sorry for my preceding post to you intended for another forum that got mistakenly posted by me here.
  • oops, didn't see your parenthetical about how the neutrinos did arrive faster.
  • oops, not discipline, each area generally goes with its own format.
  • The oops moment is when you apply for the loan or credit card and find out you have to pay a fee in advance.
British Dictionary definitions for oops

oops

/ʊps; uːps/
interjection
1.
an exclamation of surprise or of apology as when someone drops something or makes a mistake
Word Origin and History for oops

"a natural exclamation" [OED] of surprise at doing something awkward, but attested only from 1933 (cf. whoops).

Slang definitions & phrases for oops

oops

interjection

An exclamation of surprise, dismay, apology, etc, esp when one has done something awkward: Mr Belve, oops, I mean Webb, is ecstatic (1933+)

noun

A blunder; serious mistake; goof, whoops: Might have saved her life. Basic oops (1980s+)

verb

(also oops up) To vomit; barf (1980s+)

[echoic, fr the involuntary lip-rounding and expulsion of breath that accompany a regrettable mistake, and from an approximation of the sound of vomiting]


oops in Technology


"OOPS: A Knowledge Representation Language", D. Vermeir, Proc 19th Intl Hawaii Conf on System Sciences, IEEE (Jan 1986) pp.156-157.