whoa
whoa · whoas · whoaed · whoaing
To attempt to slow by crying "whoa"To attempt to slow (an animal) by crying "whoa".
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UK/wəʊ/US/woʊ/
Meaning
1 sensesTo attempt to slow (an animal) by crying "whoa".
Origin
Whoa (c. 1843) is a variant of woa (c. 1840), itself a variant of wo (c. 1787), from who (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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Forms
whoas, whoaing, whoaed, whoaedTenses
whoa · whoaed · will whoa · have whoaedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.