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whoa /wəʊ /exclamation1Used as a command to a horse to make it stop or slow down.Take it easy Skipper, whoa, slow down there boy! 1.1 informal Used as a greeting, to express surprise or interest, or to command attention: whoa, that’s huge!...- Melanie looked faintly surprised, whoa, where did that question come from?
- The masquerade goes on seemingly harmlessly until, whoa!
- Just a little weird… I saw your nickname and was like, whoa!
OriginLate Middle English: variant of ho2. Rhymesaglow, ago, alow, although, apropos, art nouveau, Bamako, Bardot, beau, Beaujolais Nouveau, below, bestow, blow, bo, Boileau, bons mots, Bordeaux, Bow, bravo, bro, cachepot, cheerio, Coe, crow, Defoe, de trop, doe, doh, dos-à-dos, do-si-do, dough, dzo, Flo, floe, flow, foe, foreknow, foreshow, forgo, Foucault, froe, glow, go, good-oh, go-slow, grow, gung-ho, Heathrow, heave-ho, heigh-ho, hello, ho, hoe, ho-ho, jo, Joe, kayo, know, lo, low, maillot, malapropos, Marceau, mho, Miró, mo, Mohs, Monroe, mot, mow, Munro, no, Noh, no-show, oh, oho, outgo, outgrow, owe, Perrault, pho, po, Poe, pro, quid pro quo, reshow, righto, roe, Rouault, row, Rowe, sew, shew, show, sloe, slow, snow, so, soh, sow, status quo, stow, Stowe, strow, tally-ho, though, throw, tic-tac-toe, to-and-fro, toe, touch-and-go, tow, trow, undergo, undersow, voe, whacko, wo, woe, Xuzhou, yo, yo-ho-ho, Zhengzhou, Zhou |