Whoa interj. Stop; stand; hold. See Ho, 2.
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Ho, Hoa interj.
1. Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach. “What noise there, ho?” “Ho! who's within?” --Shak.
2. 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 =\“Hoo!”\= --Chaucer.
An herald on a scaffold made an hoo. --Chaucer.
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