to whoa

Examples

• All

• During the race, the trainer yelled whoa when he saw the horse nearing the finish line too fast.

• As the car approached the traffic light, she shouted whoa to warn her friend to brace for the sudden stop.

• We're going to whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a minute.

• OK, we're just going to try to whoa, whoa, OK, we're just going to use that right now.

  Manny Mua

• That means that I need to whoa, my gosh, I always forget about that.

• I mean, do you want to whoa, that's a new sound effect.

• And then the other one was petting the bus saying whoa, he thought it was a horse.

• He just whoa now, does he think that's funny?

Synonyms

S

to stop (someone) in (their) tracks

vsto whoa

• Informal

5 3.9

To suddenly stop moving or speaking because you are surprised

is an intentional command that makes someone or something stop suddenly

H

to hold one's horses

vsto whoa

• Informal

7.2

Tell someone to wait and be patient

is an urgent command to stop immediately rather than to delay action

How Sudden

to slam on the brakes

• Informal

6 3.2

to whoa

1 8.3

to come to a halt

• Informal

25 3.4

to decelerate

10 5.5

to slow down

893 1.4

Surface Forms

Etymology