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whoa

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Whoa (c. 1843) is a variant ofwoa (c. 1840), itself a variant ofwo (c. 1787), fromwho (c. 1450), ultimately fromMiddle Englishho,hoo(interjection), probably fromOld Norsehó!(interjection, also, a shepherd's call). CompareGermanho,Old Frenchho !(“hold!, halt!”).

Pronunciation

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(UK)IPA^(key): /wəʊ/,/ʍəʊ/
(US)enPR:wō,hwō,IPA^(key): /woʊ/,/ʍoʊ/
Audio(US): (file)
Audio(General American): (file)
Rhymes:-əʊ
Homophone:woe(wine–whine merger)

Interjection

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whoa

Stop (especially whencommanding ahorse or imitative thereof);calm down;slow down.
Whoa, Nelly!
- 2007, Ron Liebman,Death by Rodrigo, New York: Simon & Schuster,→ISBN,page134:
  I can see Mickie getting hot, I'm about to grab his arm, hold him back, say,Whoa,whoa, Mick, not here, it ain't worth it what happened inside just now.
An expression ofsurprise.
Whoa, are you serious?
- 1985,Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale,Back to the Future, spoken by Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox):
  Whoa. Wait a minute, Doc. Are you trying to tell me that my mother has got the hots for me?
- 2007 September 28, Graham Linehan,The IT Crowd, season 2, episode 6:
  Jen: Douglas has asked me to be hisPA.
  Moss: Oh. My. God! Well,that is something and a half. HisPA? How...Whoa! HisPA... Shut up! HisPA!
  Jen: It means "personal assistant".
  Moss: Thank you. Right, OK.
Used as a meaningless filler in song lyrics.
- 2003, "Weird Al" Yankovic,eBay (song)
  I am the type who is liable to snipe you
  With two seconds left to go,whoa.
- 2010, Bruce Springsteen,It's a Shame:
  And ohwhoa girl, it's a shame.
  Ohwhoa girl, it's a doggone shame.

Usage notes

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

Antonyms

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(antonym(s) of“stop, said to a horse”):giddyup,giddap

Derived terms

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Translations

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stop, said to a horse

Arabic:قِف m(qif),قِفِي f(qifī)
Catalan:xo (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin:吁 (zh)(yū)
Esperanto:pru,tpr
Finnish:ptruu (fi)
French:ho (fr),holà (fr),stop (fr)
Galician:xo (gl),ou (gl)(to cattle)
German:brr (de),oha (de)
Hindi:वाह (hi)(vāh)
Hungarian:hó (hu)
Ingrian:tprr
Japanese:どう (ja)(dō),どうどう (ja)(dōdō)
Latin:ōhē
Malay:hoi
Norwegian:ptro
Polish:prr (pl),pru (pl)
Portuguese:alto! (pt),ou! (pt)
Russian:тпру (ru)(tpru),пру(pru),стоп (ru)(stop)
Spanish:so (es),cho (es),to (es)
Swedish:ptrr

slow down

German:langsam (de)
Hindi:वाह (hi)(vāh)
Malay:hoi
Spanish:so (es)
Swedish:sakta i backarna (sv)

expression of surprise

Finnish:oho (fi)
French:ouah (fr)
German:boah (de),boa (de),oha (de),öha (de)(dialectal),eha(dialectal)
Hindi:वाह (hi)(vāh)
Malay:hoi
Maori:hika mā!
Portuguese:nossa! (pt)
Russian:ого (ru)(ogo)
Sicilian:bih,ippì,puì,buì,ivì (scn),zu (scn)
Spanish:guau (es),híjole (es),hala (es),ala (es),alá (es),hale (es),ale (es),asu (es)(Peru),asu mare(Peru),asu madre(Peru),ño (es)(Florida),bestia (es)(South America)
Swedish:oj då
Turkish:oha (tr)

Verb

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whoa (third-person singular simple presentwhoas,present participlewhoaing,simple past and past participlewhoaed)

(transitive) To attempt to slow (an animal) by crying "whoa".
- 1926, Josephine Demott Robinson,The Circus Lady, page38:
  He waswhoaing the horses loudly, and they did seem to be going faster than usual—in fact, they were galloping.