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Definition of whoopsie in English:

whoopsie

Pronunciation /ˈwo͞opsē/ /ˈwupsi/ /ˈwo͝opsē/ /ˈwʊpsi/

exclamation

informal

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

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

nounwhoopsies

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’

Origin

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