whoops

[ woops, woops, hwoops, hwoops ]

/ wʊps, wups, ʰwʊps, ʰwups /

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interjection

(used to express surprise, mild embarrassment, etc., or as a casual apology.)

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Sometimes woops

[woops, woops] /wʊps, wups/ .

Origin of whoops

whoop + -s as in oops

Words nearby whoops

whooper swan, whooping cough, whooping crane, whoop it up, whoopla, whoops, whoopsie, whoosh, whoosis, whop, whopper

How to use whoops in a sentence

Of 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
“This campaign is going to go on to South Carolina,” Gingrich vowed—to dutiful whoops.
Inside Newt Gingrich’s Sad New Hampshire Primary-Night Party|Lloyd Grove|January 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST

More giddy people climb aboard, and again we erupt into applause and whoops.
Subway Euphoria|Jessi Klein|November 5, 2008|DAILY BEAST
The Triangle X boys uttered whoops, and joined the game at speed.
Blazed Trail Stories|Stewart Edward White
Roused from sound slumbers by blood-curdling Indian war whoops, a few escaped, but only to die of cold on their way to Albany.
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies|H. A. (Hlne Adeline) Guerber
In the aftermath of the cannon's roar came whoops of delight from nearly a hundred small boys in the blockhouse.
Shaman|Robert Shea
High-pitched war whoops shrilled out of the forest shadows ahead, and more arrows whistled at them.
Shaman|Robert Shea
Then with wild whoops they bounded off to join their comrades who lay stretched on the earth around the ball grounds.
Four American Indians|Edson L. Whitney

British Dictionary definitions for whoops

whoops

/ (wʊps) /

interjection

an exclamation of surprise, as when a person falls over, or of apology

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