Whoa
interjection
Stop, slow down, or surprised/astonished expression.
'Whoa,' he said, spotting a six legged creature scurrying past our feet.
Often appears as...
- whoa
- hold on
Usage tips
Informal
interjection
To command a horse or other animal to stop.
Whoa, Bessie, don't run towards the cliff edge!
Often appears as...
- whoa
- horse
Usage tips
Commanding
interjection
Stop, slow down, or surprised/astonished expression.
'Whoa,' he said, spotting a six legged creature scurrying past our feet.
Often appears as...
- whoa
- hold on
Usage tips
Informal
interjection
To command a horse or other animal to stop.
Whoa, Bessie, don't run towards the cliff edge!
Often appears as...
- whoa
- horse
Usage tips
Commanding
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Usage
Used in casual conversations among friends, not in formal settings.
Whoa, that was a cool trick, dude!
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Emphasis
Expresses strong emotions like excitement, shock, or disbelief.
Whoa, I can't believe we won the game!
Pro Tip 3/3Signal for Attention
Grabs the listener's attention before important information is shared.
Whoa, listen to this! I've got some big news.
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Usage
Used in casual conversations among friends, not in formal settings.
Whoa, that was a cool trick, dude!
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Emphasis
Expresses strong emotions like excitement, shock, or disbelief.
Whoa, I can't believe we won the game!
Pro Tip 3/3Signal for Attention
Grabs the listener's attention before important information is shared.
Whoa, listen to this! I've got some big news.
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Usage
Used in casual conversations among friends, not in formal settings.
Whoa, that was a cool trick, dude!
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Emphasis
Expresses strong emotions like excitement, shock, or disbelief.
Whoa, I can't believe we won the game!
Pro Tip 3/3Signal for Attention
Grabs the listener's attention before important information is shared.
Whoa, listen to this! I've got some big news.
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Seven Superpowered...
find a shark the arctic up north the water is frigid so you can't expect them to move very fast in fact nothing they do is very fast every aspect of their life history seems to be in super slow whoa they only swim about two miles per hour and they only grow up to one centimeter every year which is half the growth rate
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Exploring Pluto's...
So before we enter the Pluto system, we downloaded the highest spatial resolution observations we'd made to date. So there is only five of us in the whole world that had seen this image of Pluto. My hair looks better than that. We're all just sitting there at that moment like whoa! Wow! Whoa! Whoa!
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Filming Wildlife...
see new things that people haven't studied before i film something and show the scientists and like whoa i've never seen that before and it's really exciting and satisfying to think i'm the first person to actually maybe not observe something but record
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Illegal Marijuana Farms...
The raid happens we go out there document it and then we go in there and clean it up I'm gonna go ahead and start marking this guys. So if you guys want to follow me Okay, whoa, what is this I don't like that you can see that it almost looks like
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Your genes are not your...
of gosh whoa what can I do about it well our genes are not our fate and if we make these changes they're a predisposition but if we make bigger changes than we might have made otherwise we can actually change how our genes are expressed thank you
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What we didn't know...
So I thought, wall tissue's important in skeletons. It has to be part of the explanation. And this was the point at which my graduate adviser said, "Whoa! Hold on. Slow down." Because after about six months of me talking about this,
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4 simple ways to have a...
I have a drumroll please oh that's not bad come on one more time I don't wait wait here I have to introduce you okay one more time a drumroll please whoa now that's what I call a drumroll the important thing is write down your
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Finding Baby Seals on an...
And here we are on an island, not that far away. It's just completely derelict and abandoned. Whoa, pretty strong. I just saved your life. Maybe we should stand a bit down. Let's go down to the safety.
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Inside a Harpy Eagle...
possibly taking offense to our visiting her home it's quite rare it does happen but it does we'd be in a lot of trouble and why didn't you tell me this is more comforting not no whoa whoa she is huge
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5 Animals You Didn't...
possibly taking offense to our visiting her home it's quite rare it does happen if it does we'd be in a lot of trouble and why didn't you tell me this is more comforting not no whoa whoa she is huge
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Seven Superpowered...
find a shark the arctic up north the water is frigid so you can't expect them to move very fast in fact nothing they do is very fast every aspect of their life history seems to be in super slow whoa they only swim about two miles per hour and they only grow up to one centimeter every year which is half the growth rate
Video examples
Exploring Pluto's...
So before we enter the Pluto system, we downloaded the highest spatial resolution observations we'd made to date. So there is only five of us in the whole world that had seen this image of Pluto. My hair looks better than that. We're all just sitting there at that moment like whoa! Wow! Whoa! Whoa!
Video examples
Filming Wildlife...
see new things that people haven't studied before i film something and show the scientists and like whoa i've never seen that before and it's really exciting and satisfying to think i'm the first person to actually maybe not observe something but record
Video examples
Illegal Marijuana Farms...
The raid happens we go out there document it and then we go in there and clean it up I'm gonna go ahead and start marking this guys. So if you guys want to follow me Okay, whoa, what is this I don't like that you can see that it almost looks like
Video examples
Your genes are not your...
of gosh whoa what can I do about it well our genes are not our fate and if we make these changes they're a predisposition but if we make bigger changes than we might have made otherwise we can actually change how our genes are expressed thank you
Video examples
What we didn't know...
So I thought, wall tissue's important in skeletons. It has to be part of the explanation. And this was the point at which my graduate adviser said, "Whoa! Hold on. Slow down." Because after about six months of me talking about this,
Video examples
4 simple ways to have a...
I have a drumroll please oh that's not bad come on one more time I don't wait wait here I have to introduce you okay one more time a drumroll please whoa now that's what I call a drumroll the important thing is write down your
Video examples
Finding Baby Seals on an...
And here we are on an island, not that far away. It's just completely derelict and abandoned. Whoa, pretty strong. I just saved your life. Maybe we should stand a bit down. Let's go down to the safety.
Video examples
Inside a Harpy Eagle...
possibly taking offense to our visiting her home it's quite rare it does happen but it does we'd be in a lot of trouble and why didn't you tell me this is more comforting not no whoa whoa she is huge
Video examples
5 Animals You Didn't...
possibly taking offense to our visiting her home it's quite rare it does happen if it does we'd be in a lot of trouble and why didn't you tell me this is more comforting not no whoa whoa she is huge
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Tino Sehgal
British Artist
As a culture or a civilisation, we are a bit juvenile; it's like 'Oh, I have all this power, whoa, this is so cool, I can transform the earth and I can produce all this wealth. But we're blinded by our success in a naive way. There's more to life, actually, and I think the sustainability issue is also helpful in reminding us about that.
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Mike Fisher
American
Just sitting on the bed watching TV. And they said someone with a left inner ear infection, ear pops up, whoa! And uh, yeah, that's me. And you know, they just prayed that it be healed and it sure was. It went away and that was that. And I knew I was healed. What are the chances, eh? That was the Lord working!
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Tommy Chong
Canadian Actor
I was about sixteen when I discovered that music could get you laid, so I got into music boy, didn't matter what you looked like either, you could be a geeky looking guy but if you played music, whoa, you'd get the girls.
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Alan Taylor
American Director
There's a very devoted fan base that really loved 'T1' and 'T2' and felt burned by 'T3' and 'T4,' so when we said, 'We're going to do it again!' the reaction was, 'Whoa, whoa, whoa - what do you think you're doing?
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Kate Winslet
Actress
I like the idea of, not shocking people, but just throwing people off. Doing something that makes people go, 'Whoa, whoa, she did that next? Wow, didn't think she was gonna do something like that next.
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Rita Rudner
American Comedian
I have too many credit cards. You know what happened? Someone stole one and I didn't notice. I noticed when I got that bill. Whoa! It was so much less! I'm letting him keep it. I'm saving money!
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John C. Reilly
American Actor
I swear and it comes off a little angry, no matter how funny I'm trying to do it. If I use certain words with a certain intensity, it's like 'Whoa whoa whoa, buddy buddy!
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Steve Carell
American Actor
Reading a book, watching a movie, going to a play, it's transporting, and very, very exciting. And to be a part of that, creating things with your imagination, whoa.
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Dwane Casey
American Coach
All winners are edgy. Guys that are pushing themselves are edgy. It's the old saying we have in Kentucky: I'd rather have a guy I have to say whoa to, than giddyup.
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Larry Bird
American Coach
I wasn't real quick, and I wasn't real strong. Some guys will just take off and it's like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals.
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Tino Sehgal
British Artist
As a culture or a civilisation, we are a bit juvenile; it's like 'Oh, I have all this power, whoa, this is so cool, I can transform the earth and I can produce all this wealth. But we're blinded by our success in a naive way. There's more to life, actually, and I think the sustainability issue is also helpful in reminding us about that.
Quote examples
Mike Fisher
American
Just sitting on the bed watching TV. And they said someone with a left inner ear infection, ear pops up, whoa! And uh, yeah, that's me. And you know, they just prayed that it be healed and it sure was. It went away and that was that. And I knew I was healed. What are the chances, eh? That was the Lord working!
Quote examples
Tommy Chong
Canadian Actor
I was about sixteen when I discovered that music could get you laid, so I got into music boy, didn't matter what you looked like either, you could be a geeky looking guy but if you played music, whoa, you'd get the girls.
Quote examples
Alan Taylor
American Director
There's a very devoted fan base that really loved 'T1' and 'T2' and felt burned by 'T3' and 'T4,' so when we said, 'We're going to do it again!' the reaction was, 'Whoa, whoa, whoa - what do you think you're doing?
Quote examples
Kate Winslet
Actress
I like the idea of, not shocking people, but just throwing people off. Doing something that makes people go, 'Whoa, whoa, she did that next? Wow, didn't think she was gonna do something like that next.
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Rita Rudner
American Comedian
I have too many credit cards. You know what happened? Someone stole one and I didn't notice. I noticed when I got that bill. Whoa! It was so much less! I'm letting him keep it. I'm saving money!
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John C. Reilly
American Actor
I swear and it comes off a little angry, no matter how funny I'm trying to do it. If I use certain words with a certain intensity, it's like 'Whoa whoa whoa, buddy buddy!
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Steve Carell
American Actor
Reading a book, watching a movie, going to a play, it's transporting, and very, very exciting. And to be a part of that, creating things with your imagination, whoa.
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Dwane Casey
American Coach
All winners are edgy. Guys that are pushing themselves are edgy. It's the old saying we have in Kentucky: I'd rather have a guy I have to say whoa to, than giddyup.
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Larry Bird
American Coach
I wasn't real quick, and I wasn't real strong. Some guys will just take off and it's like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals.
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