oopsy

English

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈuːpsi/, /ˈʊpsi/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Etymology 1

From oops +‎ -y (suffix forming colloquialisms).

Interjection

oopsy

  1. (colloquial) Synonym of oops.
    • 1992, Armistead Maupin, Maybe the Moon:
      "Oopsy..." She grabbed the wheel and made a quick recovery. "Sorry."
    • 2001, Piers Anthony, The Dastard:
      Then she heard the baying. "What's that?" "I fear it's a werewolf pack on the hunt." That she understood. "Oopsy!" She flapped her arms harder...
    • 2007, Jeff Rowland, The Reel Adventures of a Marion County Angler:
      The woman then looked directly at the angler and sweetly said, "Oopsy." She then bent over and deposited his jigs into her tackle bag.

Etymology 2

From oops +‎ -y (diminutive suffix). The verb is from the noun.

Noun

oopsy (plural oopsies)

  1. (very colloquial, childish) A mistake; particularly when babies soil their pants.
    I have made an oopsy.

Verb

oopsy (third-person singular simple present oopsies, present participle oopsying, simple past and past participle oopsied)

  1. (very colloquial, childish) To make a mistake, particularly (of a baby) to soil its pants.
    I think your baby might have oopsied.

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