Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- UK Pronunciation
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- [hwoh, woh]
- /ʰwoʊ, woʊ/
- /wəʊ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hwoh, woh]
- /ʰwoʊ, woʊ/
Definitions of whoa word
- noun whoa Used as a command to a horse to make it stop or slow down. 1
- interjection whoa stop, enough 1
- exclamation whoa Whoa is a command that you give to a horse to slow down or stop. 0
- exclamation whoa You can say whoa to someone who is talking to you, to indicate that you think they are talking too fast or assuming things that may not be true. 0
- exclamation whoa a command used esp to horses to stop or slow down 0
- interjection whoa stop 0
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Origin of whoa
First appearance:
before 1615 One of the 41% oldest English words
First recorded in 1615-25; dialectal variant of ho2
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Whoa
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
whoa popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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