Whoa Definition

wō, hwō
interjection
Stop.
Webster's New World
Used as a command to stop, as to a horse.
American Heritage
Used to express surprise, amazement, or great pleasure.
American Heritage
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Origin of Whoa

  • Whoa (c. 1843) is a variant of woa (c. 1840), itself a variant of wo (c. 1787), from who (c. 1450), ultimately from Middle English ho, hoo (interjection), probably from Old Norse hó! (interjection, also, a shepherd's call). Compare German ho, Old French ho ! (“hold!, halt!").

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Whoa Sentence Examples

  • The nurse took lots of pictures, which at first we thought whoa this isn't right but now im so glad.

  • Why do I always have to say " love, " C'mon... Please please me, whoa yeah, like I please you.

  • Whoa, you can really peel the layers off the onion!

  • The nurse took lots of pictures, which at first we thought whoa this is n't right but now im so glad.

  • His accented English has some incongruous colloquialism - " whoa, beautiful dancer " was his reaction on first seeing Bussell at NYCB.

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Words Starting With

WWHWHO

Words Ending With

AOAHOA

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Words Starting With W and Ending With A

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