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/wəʊ/ · interjection
Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down..
Whoa, Nelly!
I can see Mickie getting hot, I'm about to grab his arm, hold him back, say, Whoa, whoa, Mick, not here, it ain't worth it what happened inside just now.
Whoa, are you serious?
Whoa. Wait a minute, Doc. Are you trying to tell me that my mother has got the hots for me?
Jen: Douglas has asked me to be his PA. Moss: Oh. My. God! Well, that is something and a half. His PA? How... Whoa! His PA... Shut up! His PA! Jen: It means "personal assistant". Moss: Thank you. Right, OK.
I am the type who is liable to snipe you With two seconds left to go, whoa.
And oh whoa girl, it's a shame. Oh whoa girl, it's a doggone shame.
He was whoaing the horses loudly, and they did seem to be going faster than usual—in fact, they were galloping.
Use whoa when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Whoa means Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include giddyup, giddap.
Whoa, Nelly!
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