oop

See also: ööp, OOP, оор, and өөр

English

Etymology 1

Interjection

oop

1. (informal) Used to acknowledge a small mistake or accident.

   Synonyms: oops, oopsy

2. (informal) Used to indicate mild surprise or shock.

   Synonym: oops

   • 2022 August 5, Gretty Garcia, “Everything We Know About Cherry Seaborn aka Ed Sheeran's Ultra-Cool Wife”, in Cosmopolitan‎^[1], archived from the original on 16 August 2023:

     "One day, she was in New York and she went to go out with Cherry because Cherry worked on Wall Street," the singer [Ed Sheeran] shared on Armchair Expert. "And then she was like, 'Oh Cherry Seaborn is in town, do you want to hang out?' I was like, 'Yes.'" Oop!

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊp/, [ɤp]

Adverb

oop (not comparable)

1. (regional) Pronunciation spelling of up.

See also

• alley oop
• and I oop
• ay oop

Anagrams

• -poo, POO, Poo, poo

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• oep (Western Cape)

Etymology

From Dutch open, from Middle Dutch ōpen, from Old Dutch opan, from Proto-Germanic *upanaz. The monosyllabic form was either backformed from the attributive one or it shows sporadic apocope (cf. saam).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊə̯p/

Adjective

oop (attributive ope, comparative oper, superlative oopste)

1. open