whoa

Etymology
Whoa (c. 1843) is a variant of woa (c. 1840), itself a variant of wo (c. 1787), from who (c. 1450), ultimately from, , probably from. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Interjection

 * 1) Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
 * 2) * 2003, "Weird Al" Yankovic,  (song)
 * I am the type who is liable to snipe you With two seconds left to go, whoa.
 * 1) * 2003, "Weird Al" Yankovic,  (song)
 * I am the type who is liable to snipe you With two seconds left to go, whoa.
 * 1) * 2003, "Weird Al" Yankovic,  (song)
 * I am the type who is liable to snipe you With two seconds left to go, whoa.
 * 1) * 2003, "Weird Al" Yankovic,  (song)
 * I am the type who is liable to snipe you With two seconds left to go, whoa.
 * I am the type who is liable to snipe you With two seconds left to go, whoa.

Usage notes
An alternative spelling, (c. 1856), is common, but it is considered an error by some.

Translations

 * Arabic: قِف, قِفِي
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Esperanto: pru, tpr
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Galician: ,
 * German: ,
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ingrian: tprr
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latin: ōhē
 * Malay: hoi
 * Norwegian: ptro
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, пру,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ptrr


 * German:
 * Hindi:
 * Malay: hoi
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, , , , eha
 * Hindi:
 * Malay: hoi
 * Maori: hika mā!
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: oj då
 * Turkish:

Verb

 * 1)  To attempt to slow (an animal) by crying "whoa".

Etymology
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Interjection

 * 1)  wow; whoa