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woa

woa is the rare form of whoa.

Meaning of whoa

Interjection

  1. Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
    • Whoa, Nelly!
  2. An expression of surprise.
    • Whoa, are you serious?
  3. Used as a meaningless filler in song lyrics.
    • I am the type who is liable to snipe you
      With two seconds left to go, whoa.2003, "Weird Al" Yankovic, eBay (song)

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Questions about woa

What is woa the rare form of?
Woa is the rare form of whoa.

Words near woa in the dictionary

  1. WNW
  2. wo
  3. wo'n't
  4. wo/man
  5. wo/men
  6. woa
  7. woad
  8. woad-waxen
  9. woad-waxens
  10. woaded
  11. woaden

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Adapted from Wiktionary: woa (page history and authors); whoa (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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