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whallah

US/wɑˈlɑ/

whallah interjection: voila; ta-da, presto; lo and behold.

Interjection

  1. voila; ta-da, presto; lo and behold
    • People back East always thought it was a simple matter: a property, a star, a director — and whallah — a picture.1984, Josh Greenfield, The Return of Mister Hollywood, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 23
    • They were mammoth but if you turned down a random corner then, whallah!—there might be an arts & crafts show.2011 November 13, James Altucher, “10 Things Entrepreneurs Don’t Learn in College”, in TechCruch

Forms of whallah

alternative formvoila
alternative formwallah

Origin of whallah

French voilà pronunciation respelling

Questions about whallah

What does whallah mean?
Whallah means voila; ta-da, presto; lo and behold.
What part of speech is whallah?
Whallah is an interjection.
How do you pronounce whallah?
Whallah is pronounced /wɑˈlɑ/ (US).

Words near whallah in the dictionary

  1. whaling station
  2. whaling stations
  3. whalings
  4. whalish
  5. Whall
  6. whallah
  7. Whalley
  8. Whalley Range
  9. Whalleys
  10. Whalls
  11. whally

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