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Definition of whoopsie in English:

whoopsie

exclamation

informal

  • Used to show recognition of a mistake or minor accident.

    • ‘he ended up going to the wrong place, whoopsie!’

Pronunciation

whoopsie

/ˈ(h)wo͝opsē/ /ˈ(h)wʊpsi/ /ˈ(h)wo͞opsē/ /ˈ(h)wupsi/

nounplural noun whoopsies

informal

  • 1A minor mistake or accident.

    • ‘she dismissed it as a little whoopsie’
    1. 1.1British Used euphemistically to refer to a piece of excrement.
      • ‘the dog's done a whoopsie on the carpet again’

Pronunciation

whoopsie

/ˈ(h)wo͝opsē/ /ˈ(h)wʊpsi/ /ˈ(h)wo͞opsē/ /ˈ(h)wupsi/

Origin

1960s perhaps shortened from whoops or perhaps from whoops + -y; compare with oopsie.