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whoa definition

whoa (hwō, wō, hō)

interjection

stop: used esp. in directing a horse to stand still

Etymology: for ho

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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