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Definition of whoa exclamation from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

whoa

exclamation

/wəʊ/

/wəʊ/

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used as a command to a horse, etc. to make it go slower, stop or stand still
Word Originlate Middle English: variant of ho.

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