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whoa |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Whoa \Whoa\, interj. Stop; stand hold See {Ho}, 2. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ho \Ho\, Hoa \Hoa\ (h[=o]), interj. [Cf. F. & G. ho.] 1. Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach. ``What noise there ho?'' --Shak. ``Ho! who's within?'' --Shak. 2. [Perhaps corrupted fr hold but cf F. hau stop! and E. whoa.] Stop! stand still! hold! -- a word now used by teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of anything [Written also {whoa}, and formerly, {hoo}.] The duke . . . pulled out his sword and cried ``Hoo!'' --Chaucer. An herald on a scaffold made an hoo. --Chaucer.
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