upsy-daisy
/ʌpsɪˈdeɪzi
/(also ups-a-daisy, oops-a-daisy)
exclamation
Expressing encouragement to a child who has fallen or is being lifted.
Origin
Mid 19th century: alteration of earlier up-a-daisy; compare with lackadaisical.
Rhymes
- percentage error
- percentage man
- percentage point
- percentage-wise
- percental
- percented
- -percenter
- percentile
- percentual
- percentually
- per centum
- percept
- perceptibility
- perceptible
- perceptibly
- perception
- perceptional
- perceptionism
- perception psychology
- perception time
- perceptive
- perceptively
- perceptiveness
- perceptivity
- percepto-motor