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[ hwoops, hwoops, woops, woops ] / ʰwʊps, ʰwups, wʊps, wups / SEE SYNONYMS FOR whoops ON THESAURUS.COM
interjection(used to express surprise, mild embarrassment, etc., or as a casual apology.) Sometimes woops [woops, woops] /wʊps, wups/ . Origin of whoopswhoop + -s as in oops Words nearby whoopswhooping cough, whooping cough vaccine, whooping crane, whoop it up, whoopla, whoops, whoopsie, whoosh, whoosis, whop, whopper Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for whoopsOf course, this was greeted with a round of applause and whoops from her room of willingly incarcerated followers. Why We Should Hate 'Haters Gonna Hate'|Tim Teeman|August 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST Private, intimate, dirty things are captured and then—whoops! So You Want to be a Porn Star? Inside the Sex Tape Phenomenon|Aurora Snow|July 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST All those roads and systems have to be maintained . . .and whoops! Will the Young People Go Home Again?|Megan McArdle|June 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST More giddy people climb aboard, and again we erupt into applause and whoops. Subway Euphoria|Jessi Klein|November 5, 2008|DAILY BEAST
It was toward the end of the afternoon that the Indians with them set up a loud and triumphant series of whoops. The Pioneer Boys on the Missouri|Harrison Adams This whim of Phonograph's was received with whoops of appreciation. The whoops and pow-wowing and yells were thrilling enough to frighten even a man "tenderfoot." On a Donkey's Hurricane Deck|R. Pitcher Woodward At the catcalls and whoops of applause, Sard again held up her hand. Under the Law|Edwina Stanton Babcock At the same instant we heard a series of whoops and two shots in rapid succession from the direction of camp.
British Dictionary definitions for whoops
interjectionan exclamation of surprise, as when a person falls over, or of apology Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to whoopsno, oh, sorry, uh-oh |