Definitions For Whoa

Verb

{{en-verb}} (transitive) To attempt to slow (an animal) by crying "whoa".

Interjection

{{en-interj}} stop, stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. : Whoa, Nelly! An expression of surprise. : Whoa, are you serious? {{n-g, Used as a meaningless filler in song lyrics.}}

Usage notes

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

Antonyms

stop, said to a horse giddyup, giddap

Derived terms

whoa back

Translations

Arabic: قِف, m, قِفِي, f Catalan: xo Chinese: : Mandarin: 吁, tr=yū, sc=Hani Finnish: ptruu French: ho, holà, stop German: brr, oha Hindi: वाह Hungarian: hó Japanese: どう, tr=dō, sc=Jpan, どうどう (dōdō, sc=Jpan) Latin: ōhē Malay: hoi Norwegian: ptro Polish: prr Portuguese: alto!, ou! Russian: тпру, пру, стоп Spanish: so Swedish: ptrr German: langsam Hindi: वाह Malay: hoi Spanish: so Swedish: sakta i backarna Finnish: oho French: ouah German: boah, boa, oha, öha {{qualifier, dialectal}}, eha {{qualifier, dialectal}} Hindi: वाह Malay: hoi Maori: hika mā! Portuguese: nossa! Russian: ого Spanish: guau, híjole Swedish: oj då

Alternative forms

woah whoah

Etymology

Whoa (c. 1843) is a variant of woa (c. 1840), itself a variant of wo#etymology 1, wo (c. 1787), from who (c. 1450), ultimately from {{etyl, enm, en}} ho, hoo, , pos=interjection, probably from {{etyl, non, en}} hó!, pos=interjection, also, a shepherd's call. Compare {{cog, de, ho}}, {{cog, fro, ho !, , hold!, halt!}}.

Is Whoa a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
10
Words with Friends
9

The word Whoa is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends

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