different between oops vs lops

English

Etymology

A presumably 'natural' exclamation, attested in writing since 1921. Related to or a variation of whoops (itself attested since 1933). A shortening of whoops-a-daisy, whoopsie-daisy, or oops-a-daisy, which in turn is a mispronunciation of ups-a-daisy or upsy-daisy.

Pronunciation

• enPR: o?ops, IPA^(key): /u?ps/, /?ps/
• Rhymes: -u?ps
• Rhymes: -?ps

Interjection

oops

1. (colloquial) Acknowledging a mistake.

   Synonyms: oopsy, uh-oh, whoops, whoops-a-daisy

Translations

Noun

oops (plural oopses or oops)

1. A minor mistake or unforseen difficulty.

Verb

oops (third-person singular simple present oopses, present participle oopsing, simple past and past participle oopsed)

1. (intransitive, colloquial) To make a mistake; to blunder.

Translations

Anagrams

• POOs, SOPO, poos, soop

English

Noun

lops

1. plural of lop

Verb

lops

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lop

Anagrams

• LPOs, pols, slop, splo

Latvian

Etymology

The origin of this word is unclear. Some derive it from Proto-Indo-European *l?p- (“cow”), but the only basis for this reconstruction is the Albanian cognate. Others consider it related to Gothic ???????????????? (lamb) (cf. German Lamm, English lamb), perhaps even a borrowing from a Germanic language. Yet others suggest that it comes from a putative Proto-Baltic *luop-, from Proto-Indo-European *leu- (“to cut off, to separate”) with an extra -p, with the meaning evolving from “cut off” > “to hide, to skin, to flay” (cf. Lithuanian lùpti (“to skin, to peel”)) > “hide, skin, fur, something made of fur” (cf. Hittite lupanni (“hat”)) > “animal body part” (cf. Old Church Slavonic ?????? (l?b?n?), Serbo-Croatian lùbina (“skull”)) > “animal.” The initial meaning of lops, still found dialectally, was more restricted, covering only goats, sheep and maybe cows. In the 18th and 19th century, the meaning was extended to almost all animals (= dz?vnieks), and later again restricted to its current range. Cognates include Lithuanian lúopas, lúobas (“clumsy person or animal”), Albanian lopë (“cow”) (< *l?p?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [l??ps]

Noun

lops m (1st declension)

1. livestock, (farm) animal (e.g., cattle, sheep, goats, horses, pigs, poultry, etc.)

Declension

Synonyms

• m?jlops

Derived terms

• liellops
• m?jlops

References