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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Whoa | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for Whoa | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Whoa \Whoa\, interj. Stop; stand; hold. See {Ho}, 2. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Ho \Ho\, Hoa \Hoa\ (h[omac]), interj. [Cf. F. & G. ho.] 1. Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach. [bd]What noise there, ho?[b8] --Shak. [bd]Ho! who's within?[b8] --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 [bd]Hoo![b8] --Chaucer. An herald on a scaffold made an hoo. --Chaucer. | |
