oopsint.n.

Brit.

/(w)ʊps/, U.S.

/(w)ʊps/,

/ups/

Forms: 1900s– oops, 1900s– ooops, 1900s– o-o-o-ps, 1900s– oooops.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps (i) formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Or perhaps (ii) an imitative or expressive formation. Etymon: upsadaisy int.

Etymology: Perhaps shortened < upsadaisy int. (compare whoops int. and quot. 1925 at that entry), or perhaps a natural exclamation which has become confused with upsadaisy int.

colloquial.

A. int.

Expressing apology, dismay, or surprise, esp. after an obvious but usually minor mistake.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [interjection] > other specific cries or exclamations

oeOE

heya1225

ouc1300

we13..

hac1320

how1377

how now?c1380

vaha1382

ha a!c1386

ha ha!c1386

hoa1400

ohoa1400

yowc1440

yoa1475

heh1475

hey ho?c1475

huffc1485

wemaya1500

whewa1500

wow1513

huffa?1520

gup?1528

ist1540

whow1542

hougha1556

whoo1570

good-now1578

ooh1602

phew1604

highday1606

huh1608

whoo-whoop1611

sessaa1616

tara1672

hegh1723

hip1735

waugha1766

whoofa1766

jee1786

goody1796

yaw1797

hech1808

whoo-ee1811

whizz1812

yah1812

soh1815

sirs1816

how1817

quep1822

soho1825

ow1834

ouch1838

pfui1838

suz1844

shoo1845

yoop1847

upsadaisy1862

houp-la1870

hooch1871

nu1892

ouff1898

upsy1903

oo-er1909

ooh-wee1910

eina1913

oops1921

whoopsie1923

whoops-a-daisy1925

hot-cha-cha1929

upsadaisy1929

walla1929

hotcha1931

hi-de-ho1936

po po po1936

ho-de-ho1941

oh, oh1944

oopsy1956

chingas1984

bambi2007

1921 Washington Post 1 Nov. 21/4 Oops, muh dear, it's in the last where the dirty work takes place.

1933 R. James Worth Remembering xiii. 423 Slap fighting—smiting one's opponent with the open hand—a method even Babe would scurn. Oops! Oops! Ooops!

1939 D. Parker Here Lies 70 Oops, I'm sorry I joggled the bed.

1944 ‘P. Quentin’ Puzzle for Puppets i. 5 Iris..said: ‘Oops’ as she ran into headlong collision with a Marine sergeant.

1961 J. Heller Catch-22 (1962) x. 108 ‘Ooops, there it goes again.’ The rain began falling again.

1989 Jackie 11 Nov. 28/1 So now we can get on with the party—oops, I mean ‘reunion’!

1994 Homemaker's Mag. (Toronto) Summer 55/1 (advt.) Shadow here. Liner there. Ooops. (Nobody's perfect.)

2001 C. Glazebrook Madolescents 97 Oops, have I made a boob?

B. n.

colloquial. An utterance of ‘oops’; an error or mishap.

ΚΠ

1949 Daily Reg. (Harrisburg, Illinois) 27 Dec. 3/4 One gal looked up at the ‘murals’, let out an ‘oops’, and went straight to see the secretary of the treasury.

1966 R. Manheim tr. L.-F. Céline Death on Credit 123 It [sc. the toilet] was already occupied by four vomiters in a state of collapse, wedged in tight... At every rising wave, oops... In the trough a dozen oopses, more copious, more compact.

1981 E. Goffman Forms of Talk (1995) ii. 102 When in fact there is no danger to the self, we may respond to another's momentary loss of control with an Oops! also, providing him a warning that he is in trouble.

2002 Libr. Jrnl. 15 Oct. 104/2 If you fall off a roof you can be revived and go back to the point in the game just before you made that big oops.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oops
释义	oopsint.n. Brit. /(w)ʊps/, U.S. /(w)ʊps/, /ups/ Forms: 1900s– oops, 1900s– ooops, 1900s– o-o-o-ps, 1900s– oooops. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps (i) formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Or perhaps (ii) an imitative or expressive formation. Etymon: upsadaisy int. Etymology: Perhaps shortened < upsadaisy int. (compare whoops int. and quot. 1925 at that entry), or perhaps a natural exclamation which has become confused with upsadaisy int. colloquial. A. int. Expressing apology, dismay, or surprise, esp. after an obvious but usually minor mistake. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [interjection] > other specific cries or exclamations oeOE heya1225 ouc1300 we13.. hac1320 how1377 how now?c1380 vaha1382 ha a!c1386 ha ha!c1386 hoa1400 ohoa1400 yowc1440 yoa1475 heh1475 hey ho?c1475 huffc1485 wemaya1500 whewa1500 wow1513 huffa?1520 gup?1528 ist1540 whow1542 hougha1556 whoo1570 good-now1578 ooh1602 phew1604 highday1606 huh1608 whoo-whoop1611 sessaa1616 tara1672 hegh1723 hip1735 waugha1766 whoofa1766 jee1786 goody1796 yaw1797 hech1808 whoo-ee1811 whizz1812 yah1812 soh1815 sirs1816 how1817 quep1822 soho1825 ow1834 ouch1838 pfui1838 suz1844 shoo1845 yoop1847 upsadaisy1862 houp-la1870 hooch1871 nu1892 ouff1898 upsy1903 oo-er1909 ooh-wee1910 eina1913 oops1921 whoopsie1923 whoops-a-daisy1925 hot-cha-cha1929 upsadaisy1929 walla1929 hotcha1931 hi-de-ho1936 po po po1936 ho-de-ho1941 oh, oh1944 oopsy1956 chingas1984 bambi2007 1921 Washington Post 1 Nov. 21/4 Oops, muh dear, it's in the last where the dirty work takes place. 1933 R. James Worth Remembering xiii. 423 Slap fighting—smiting one's opponent with the open hand—a method even Babe would scurn. Oops! Oops! Ooops! 1939 D. Parker Here Lies 70 Oops, I'm sorry I joggled the bed. 1944 ‘P. Quentin’ Puzzle for Puppets i. 5 Iris..said: ‘Oops’ as she ran into headlong collision with a Marine sergeant. 1961 J. Heller Catch-22 (1962) x. 108 ‘Ooops, there it goes again.’ The rain began falling again. 1989 Jackie 11 Nov. 28/1 So now we can get on with the party—oops, I mean ‘reunion’! 1994 Homemaker's Mag. (Toronto) Summer 55/1 (advt.) Shadow here. Liner there. Ooops. (Nobody's perfect.) 2001 C. Glazebrook Madolescents 97 Oops, have I made a boob? B. n. colloquial. An utterance of ‘oops’; an error or mishap. ΚΠ 1949 Daily Reg. (Harrisburg, Illinois) 27 Dec. 3/4 One gal looked up at the ‘murals’, let out an ‘oops’, and went straight to see the secretary of the treasury. 1966 R. Manheim tr. L.-F. Céline Death on Credit 123 It [sc. the toilet] was already occupied by four vomiters in a state of collapse, wedged in tight... At every rising wave, oops... In the trough a dozen oopses, more copious, more compact. 1981 E. Goffman Forms of Talk (1995) ii. 102 When in fact there is no danger to the self, we may respond to another's momentary loss of control with an Oops! also, providing him a warning that he is in trouble. 2002 Libr. Jrnl. 15 Oct. 104/2 If you fall off a roof you can be revived and go back to the point in the game just before you made that big oops. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.n.1921
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