whoopsy
whoopsy interjection: whoops; oops.
Interjection
Noun
whoopsy (plural whoopsies)
- A mistake or blunder.
- Urination, or a piece of excrement.
- Ooh, Betty, the cat's done a whoopsy on the carpet!
- A homosexual man, especially one with camp mannerisms.
Adjective
whoopsy (comparative more whoopsy, superlative most whoopsy)
- Woozy; disoriented; queasy
- She felt headachy and a little whoopsy in her stomach.1999, Stephen King, The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon, page 40
- She'd forgotten that reading in cars always made her tummy feel a little whoopsy. Now, as she sat in the backseat and they swooped through turn after turn, her tummy felt a lot whoopsy. She closed her eyes. That didn't help at all.2014, Ellen Miles, The Puppy Place #34: Zipper
Forms of whoopsy
| Interjection | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | whoopsie |
| Noun | |
| plural | whoopsies |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more whoopsy |
| superlative | most whoopsy |
Origin of whoopsy
From whoops + -y (suffix forming colloquialisms).
From whoops + -y (diminutive suffix).
From whoops + -y (adjectival suffix).
Questions about whoopsy
- What does whoopsy mean?
- Whoopsy means whoops; oops.
- What part of speech is whoopsy?
- Whoopsy can be an interjection, a noun or an adjective.
Words near whoopsy in the dictionary
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