Oops meaning

o͝ops
Used to express acknowledgment of a minor accident, blunder, or mistake.
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Used sarcastically to acknowledge a major mistake.

I just stood on dog poo! Oops!

I just ran over a squirrel. Oops!

Oops, I didn't see you there.

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Used to express sudden or surprised dismay, or, sometimes, implied apology, after one has blundered, tripped, broken something, misspoken, etc.
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(1) (oops) See undo and ohnosecond.
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Acknowledging a minor mistake.

Oops! I left the lid off the ketchup.

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Origin of oops

  • A presumably 'natural' exclamation, only attested since 1933, possibly altered to (from) whoops (attested since 1933)

    From Wiktionary

Oops Sentence Examples

  • "Oops, here's Leland," she added.

  • Oops, I forgot to introduce myself before... I'm so impolite.

  • Oops, did you just fall into a pit of thorns?

  • Even the biggest stars and most talented stylists can make mistakes, and when they do, it can result in a major red carpet oops.

  • She enjoyed a string of pop hits beginning with Baby One More Time in 1998, followed by Crazy, Oops!

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