Definitions
Exclamation used to stop, slow down, or express surprise.
Word origin
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!”).
Used in a sentence
“Whoa, Nelly!”
“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.”
“Whoa, are you serious?”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Slow down!”4 letters
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