ups

• IPA^(key): /ʌps/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ʌps

ups

1. plural of up

• ups and downs

ups

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of up

ups

1. Misspelling of oops.

ups (comparative more ups, superlative most ups)

1. (Singapore, colloquial, predicative) Alternative spelling of upz (“outstanding”).

• 'sup, PSU, PUS, PUs, SUP, Sup., USP, psu, pus, sup, sup.

ups

1. oops

Borrowed from English oops, reinforced by English borrowings in various languages; compare Danish ups, Dutch oeps, Finnish ups, French oups, German ups, Polish ups, Russian упс (ups) etc.

• IPA^(key): /ups/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ups
• Syllabification: ups

ups

1. oops

Used mostly for small or unimportant mistakes. For mistakes of greater consequence, aĥ, ve, and fek (“crap, shit”) are more commonly used.

• “ups”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Variant of hups.

• IPA^(key): /ˈups/, [ˈups̠]
• Rhymes: -ups
• Syllabification^(key): ups
• Hyphenation^(key): ups

ups

1. oops

• upsis
• upsista

• “ups”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 4 July 2023

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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ups

1. oops

   Synonyms: huch, hoppla

ups

1. oops

Onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key): /ˈups/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ups
• Syllabification: ups

ups

1. oops!

• “ups”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

ups

1. oops

• “ups”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from English oops.

ups

1. oops

• IPA^(key): /ˈubs/ [ˈuβ̞s]
• Rhymes: -ubs
• Syllabification: ups

ups

1. oops

This word is considered an anglicism according to the Fundéu. The ending /-ps/ is uncommon in Spanish.

• “ups”, in Fundéu (in Spanish), 9 September 2015