Usually means: Accidental mistake, often minor, expressed.
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General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. oops: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. oops: Merriam-Webster
  3. oops: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. oops: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. oops: Collins English Dictionary
  6. OOps, Oops, oops: Wordnik
  7. oops: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. OOPS, oops: Wiktionary
  9. oops: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. oops: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. oops: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. OOPS: Dictionary.com
  13. oops: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. oops: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. OOPS, Oops (Oh My), Oops: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. OOPS: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  17. Oops: The Word Detective
  18. oops: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. oops: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. OOPS: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  3. OOPS: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
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Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. OOPS: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Oops, oops: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A minor mistake or unforeseen difficulty.
verb:  (intransitive, colloquial) To make a mistake; to blunder.
noun:  Abbreviation of object-oriented programming system.

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