whoav.

Brit.

/wəʊ/, U.S.

/(h)woʊ/

Forms: see whoa int. and n. Also occasionally reduplicated.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: whoa int.

Etymology: < whoa int.

a. intransitive. To call ‘whoa’ as a command to a horse to stop or stand still. Occasionally also: to call out ‘whoa‘ as a general interjection expressing surprise, delight, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > leave off! or stop it!

to do waya1325

stay1601

go and eat coke1669

to leave off1785

whoa1838

drop it!1843

cut1859

turn it up1867

to come off ——1896

to chuck it1901

knock it off!1902

cut it out1903

nix1903

break it down1941

to shove it1941

leave it out!1969

1838 New Sporting Mag. Oct. 221 He..climbed up the fence, ‘whoaing’ and crying to his horse to ‘stand still’.

1889 T. E. Brown Manx Witch 3 ‘You're very late on the road,’ he says—and waein and woin.

1898 Badminton Mag. Apr. 358 Setting all the horses off snorting and plunging, and their riders woaing and jerking.

1989 J. Krantz Bluenose Master i. 4 Grandfather ‘whoaed’ and the horse was stopped.

2011 D. Richards Between Hell & Texas i. 4 Chet..headed for his own wide-eyed horse... He caught the reins and ‘whoaed’ to him.

2016 South Bend (Indiana) Tribune (Nexis) 10 Sept. a8 People [in the audience] laughed, cried and ‘whoa’ed at all the perfect moments.

b. transitive. To call ‘whoa’ to (an animal, esp. a horse); to stop (an animal) by calling in this way.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cause to cease or put a stop to > cause (a thing) to cease action

stop1377

stintc1440

whoa1861

off1975

1861 Kewaunee (Wisconsin) County Enterprize 23 Jan. 1/4 We ‘whoa'd’ the horse a little more.

1870 S. Lanier Nine from Eight 31 I woa'd my mules mighty easy.

1912 J. London Smoke Bellew v. 127 The man whoaed his dogs, stopped, and had turned and faced Smoke when the rifle cracked.

1980 ‘A. Burgess’ Earthly Powers (1981) xx. 104 I climbed a corkscrew street down which a late loaded donkey slithered, whoaed by his master.

2010 K. Kimball Dirty Life ii. 86 The mares had to work to break a trail. Jim whoaed them, and they danced in place, pulling hard at their bits.

2. intransitive. Esp. of a horse: to obey a call of ‘whoa’.

ΚΠ

1842 Fraser's Mag. Nov. 545/1 Master Johnny cries out ‘Whoa!’ at the very top of his voice. But ‘whoa’ they will not.

1857 Golden Chalice 113 A youth..leaped the hedge, crying, ‘Woa, Peggy [sc. a pony].’ Peggy..‘woa-ed’ accordingly.

1904 Boston Post 9 Feb. 6/2 In a high soprano she called upon the horse to ‘Whoa!’

1941 J. Faulkner Men Working xii. 201 When he would git most to the mule, a-whooping and a-hollering to the mule to whoa, the mule would turn.

2004 J. Sharp Trick training your Horse to Success iii. 40 Keep him moving at a fast trot or canter until you ask him to whoa.

Derivatives

whoaing n.

ΚΠ

1851 W. Kelly Excursion to Calif. II. xv. 225 The habitans were all abed..; but the noise of our geeing and whoing soon brought a glimmer to the windows.

1883 Good Words 24 10 The wo-wo-ing of the ploughboy.

1987 H. W. Pfanz Gettysburg: Second Day xiv. 337 This one must have required a lot of reining in, whoaing, and bumping as limbers and horses pushed into the pairs in their front.

2007 R. D. Weaver Training your Pointing Dog x. 103 Later, I include whoaing in obedience sessions.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

whoaint.n.

Brit.

/wəʊ/, U.S.

/(h)woʊ/

Forms:

α. late Middle English–1500s 1800s whoo, late Middle English–1600s 1800s who, 1600s whoe, 1600s 1800s– whoa, 1700s whoh.

β. 1600s– woe, 1700s– wo, 1700s– woah, 1800s wogh (English regional (Derbyshire)), 1800s– woa, 1800s– woh, 1800s– woo, 1800s– wooh.

Forms of whoa, woa, etc., with a or o occurring two or more times are also attested.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: ho int.², ho int.¹

Etymology: Variant of ho int.² or ho int.¹ Compare woy int., way int.²

A. int.

a. Used as a command to a horse or other draft animal to stop or stand still, or to a person to stop or desist. Cf. woy int., way int.²

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > absence of movement > do not move [interjection] > command to stop > specific to animals

whoac1467

whoa ho1802

way1836

α.

c1467 in S. Bentley Excerpta Hist. (1831) 211 Then the Kyng perceyvyng the cruell assaile, cast his staff, and with high voice, cried, Whoo!

a1541 in K. Muir Unpublished Poems Sir T. Wyatt (1961) 38 I woold be ryght loth To stay that by kynde Cold never yet fynd In change to say whoo [rhymes soo, goo, woo, knoo].

1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. C.ii^v Thou art one of them, to whom god bad who, God tooke the for a carte horse, when god bad so.

1606 N. Breton Choice, Chance, & Change sig. C4 The ploughman..with haye Ree, & Who to his horse.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. xiv. 165 He is madd, madd, madd, no whoe with him.

1797 T. Morton Cure for Heart-ache i. i. 5 Scene I. A Farm Yard... The Bells of a Team jingling. Frank (without). Woyh! Whoh! Smiler.

1801 Knight & Mason II. xvi. 197 I could na bide it,—groaned so desperately.—Whoa! whoa! whoa! Jolly.

1849 W. S. Mayo Kaloolah iii. 32 ‘Soh! whow!’ to his restive horses. ‘Whow! I tell you... Whoa! I tell you.’

1862 H. D. Thoreau in Atlantic Monthly June 669/1 Who but the Evil One has cried, ‘Whoa!’ to mankind?

1898 H. E. Hamblen Gen. Manager's Story ix. 123 We were four minutes late, and as I shouted ‘whoa’ to Jack [sc. an engine-driver], I could see that he was mad.

1959 Boys' Life Feb. 47/2 ‘Whoa!’ George commanded, hauling on the curb bit. The horse flung up its head and reared.

1991 Dominion (Wellington, N.Z.) 20 Aug. 2/4 Whoa, time out there, bud! Time for a little truth-telling.

2012 Z. Smith NW (2013) 317 Whoa whoa, slow down, man. You got me twisted.

β. ?1790 Merry Compan. sig. D2^v Come neddy, stand, woah.a1800 S. Pegge Anecd. Eng. Lang. (1814) 11 When our waggoners and carmen make use of the terms ge and wo to their horses.1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) v. 46 ‘Woo,’ cried Mr. Pickwick, as the tall quadruped evinced a decided inclination to back into the coffee-room window.1892 A. Chevalier in Punch 6 Aug. 54/2 Woa! Steady! Neddy, woa!1906 A. MacDonald Lost Explorers ix. 196 Woah, Fireworks [sc. a camel], woah! ye cantankerous son o' a gun.1999 J. Lloyd & E. Rees Come Together vi. 174 ‘Woah!’ Jons interrupts, holding up his hand.2009 Sunday Tribune (Ireland) (Nexis) 20 Dec. (Sport section) 19 She closed out the programme by..proclaiming, ‘For this is the ride of his life, the ride to redemption.’ Woah there horsey, rein it in.

b. In collocation with other interjections or adverbs. Sometimes also used as a command to turn or go in a particular direction. See also whoa ho int. 2.

ΚΠ

1675–80 Countrey Farmer (single sheet) Call upon Dobbin with Hey-ge-woe.

1787 ‘G. Gambado’ Acad. Horsemen 8 That he is docile, and will stop short with a ‘Wohey’.

a1790 H. Durbin Narr. Extraordinary Things (1800) 19 ‘Jee woah,’ as waggoners used to say in driving horses.

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Hait-wo, a word of command to horses in a team, meaning, ‘go to the left’; for wo, in this case, is not stop, but go.

1834 R. Whately in E. J. Whately Life & Corr. R. Whately (1866) I. 247 It is stopping the Horse by a woo-ee instead of a sharp pull of the curb.

1841 Punch 17 July 5/2 Coachman.—Whoo up!—d——n you!

1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life 142 The carter's lads shouting ‘Woaght!’ to the horses as they steer through the gateway.

1887 W. S. S. Tyrwhitt New Chum in Queensland Bush ix. 195 Men shouting..: ‘Whoa back! Whoa back!’

1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Wo-hay, a cartman's order to his horse to stop or stand still. Wo-hi and Wo-hick, turn to left or near side. Wo-hup or Wo-gee, turn to right or off side.

1901 Country Life Illustr. 30 Mar. 396/2 Pleasant it used to be..to hear the hind's cheery ‘Wo hup, Rattler; Wo hi, Boxer,’ as the ploughshare cut the earth.

1919 A. W. Nolan Year in Agric. x. 148 Do not use unnecessary and contradictory words such as ‘whoa back’ and ‘whoa haw’.

1969 H. Orton & P. M. Tilling Surv. Eng. Dial. III. i. 188 When you want your (plough-)horses to go left, what do you say?.. [Essex] Wo ree... To go right?.. [Essex] Wo gee.

2002 J. Blunt Breaking Clean (2003) 126 The words ‘whoa up’ will cause us to slide to a stop.

2. Used as a general interjection to command attention or express that one is surprised, impressed, interested, etc. Cf. whoa ho int. 3.

ΚΠ

1891 Californian Oct. 53/1 (song lyrics) Georgia Rabbit, whoa, whoa!..Stole my lover, whoa! whoa!

1917 T. Seltzer tr. B. Savinkov What never Happened 104 You have been sentenced to death by hanging... Hey, whoa, there! A rope here!

a1969 J. K. Toole Confederacy of Dunces (1980) 170 Whoa! I think you be attractin plenny new peoples in this place.

1988 J. McInerney Story of my Life v. 76 And I'm like whoa, is this a joke, or what?

1990 N.Y. Times 11 Feb. 34 The young clerk looked at me strangely, as I spelled out my name. ‘Whoa. That's a long one.’

1992 I. Banks Crow Road (1993) vi. 140 He made a show of squeezing Rory's boney shoulder. ‘Woa; feels like you could do with a bit of feeding up yourself.’

2015 S. Tromly Trouble is Friend of Mine viii. 59 ‘She disappeared a month ago.’ ‘Whoa, you think it was Schell?’

B. n.

An utterance of ‘whoa’.

ΚΠ

1817 J. K. Paulding Lett. from South II. xxxviii. 231 He has been so much in the society of horses and dogs, that a whoa and a whistle are the extent of his vocabulary.

1865 E. Dickinson Let. Feb. (1894) II. 256 Life..will run away, notwithstanding our sweetest whoa.

1909 L. B. Parker Homespun xvii. 174 He drew rein with a ‘whoa’ of startling vociferousness.

1973 Field & Stream Nov. 194/1 Some ‘whoas’ and other refinements notwithstanding, ‘all right’ is the single most important command a pup ever learns.

2011 Swan Valley (Manitoba) Star & Times 29 Mar. b12 Brent Scales cautioned his sweepers with a ‘whoa’ to hold back on their sweeping at last weekend's 2011 Mixed Curling Provincial Championships.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	whoa
释义	whoav. Brit. /wəʊ/, U.S. /(h)woʊ/ Forms: see whoa int. and n. Also occasionally reduplicated. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: whoa int. Etymology: < whoa int. 1. a. intransitive. To call ‘whoa’ as a command to a horse to stop or stand still. Occasionally also: to call out ‘whoa‘ as a general interjection expressing surprise, delight, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > leave off! or stop it! to do waya1325 stay1601 go and eat coke1669 to leave off1785 whoa1838 drop it!1843 cut1859 turn it up1867 to come off ——1896 to chuck it1901 knock it off!1902 cut it out1903 nix1903 break it down1941 to shove it1941 leave it out!1969 1838 New Sporting Mag. Oct. 221 He..climbed up the fence, ‘whoaing’ and crying to his horse to ‘stand still’. 1889 T. E. Brown Manx Witch 3 ‘You're very late on the road,’ he says—and waein and woin. 1898 Badminton Mag. Apr. 358 Setting all the horses off snorting and plunging, and their riders woaing and jerking. 1989 J. Krantz Bluenose Master i. 4 Grandfather ‘whoaed’ and the horse was stopped. 2011 D. Richards Between Hell & Texas i. 4 Chet..headed for his own wide-eyed horse... He caught the reins and ‘whoaed’ to him. 2016 South Bend (Indiana) Tribune (Nexis) 10 Sept. a8 People [in the audience] laughed, cried and ‘whoa’ed at all the perfect moments. b. transitive. To call ‘whoa’ to (an animal, esp. a horse); to stop (an animal) by calling in this way. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cause to cease or put a stop to > cause (a thing) to cease action stop1377 stintc1440 whoa1861 off1975 1861 Kewaunee (Wisconsin) County Enterprize 23 Jan. 1/4 We ‘whoa'd’ the horse a little more. 1870 S. Lanier Nine from Eight 31 I woa'd my mules mighty easy. 1912 J. London Smoke Bellew v. 127 The man whoaed his dogs, stopped, and had turned and faced Smoke when the rifle cracked. 1980 ‘A. Burgess’ Earthly Powers (1981) xx. 104 I climbed a corkscrew street down which a late loaded donkey slithered, whoaed by his master. 2010 K. Kimball Dirty Life ii. 86 The mares had to work to break a trail. Jim whoaed them, and they danced in place, pulling hard at their bits. 2. intransitive. Esp. of a horse: to obey a call of ‘whoa’. ΚΠ 1842 Fraser's Mag. Nov. 545/1 Master Johnny cries out ‘Whoa!’ at the very top of his voice. But ‘whoa’ they will not. 1857 Golden Chalice 113 A youth..leaped the hedge, crying, ‘Woa, Peggy [sc. a pony].’ Peggy..‘woa-ed’ accordingly. 1904 Boston Post 9 Feb. 6/2 In a high soprano she called upon the horse to ‘Whoa!’ 1941 J. Faulkner Men Working xii. 201 When he would git most to the mule, a-whooping and a-hollering to the mule to whoa, the mule would turn. 2004 J. Sharp Trick training your Horse to Success iii. 40 Keep him moving at a fast trot or canter until you ask him to whoa. Derivatives whoaing n. ΚΠ 1851 W. Kelly Excursion to Calif. II. xv. 225 The habitans were all abed..; but the noise of our geeing and whoing soon brought a glimmer to the windows. 1883 Good Words 24 10 The wo-wo-ing of the ploughboy. 1987 H. W. Pfanz Gettysburg: Second Day xiv. 337 This one must have required a lot of reining in, whoaing, and bumping as limbers and horses pushed into the pairs in their front. 2007 R. D. Weaver Training your Pointing Dog x. 103 Later, I include whoaing in obedience sessions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). whoaint.n. Brit. /wəʊ/, U.S. /(h)woʊ/ Forms: α. late Middle English–1500s 1800s whoo, late Middle English–1600s 1800s who, 1600s whoe, 1600s 1800s– whoa, 1700s whoh. β. 1600s– woe, 1700s– wo, 1700s– woah, 1800s wogh (English regional (Derbyshire)), 1800s– woa, 1800s– woh, 1800s– woo, 1800s– wooh. Forms of whoa, woa, etc., with a or o occurring two or more times are also attested. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: ho int.², ho int.¹ Etymology: Variant of ho int.² or ho int.¹ Compare woy int., way int.² A. int. 1. a. Used as a command to a horse or other draft animal to stop or stand still, or to a person to stop or desist. Cf. woy int., way int.² ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > do not move [interjection] > command to stop > specific to animals whoac1467 whoa ho1802 way1836 α. c1467 in S. Bentley Excerpta Hist. (1831) 211 Then the Kyng perceyvyng the cruell assaile, cast his staff, and with high voice, cried, Whoo! a1541 in K. Muir Unpublished Poems Sir T. Wyatt (1961) 38 I woold be ryght loth To stay that by kynde Cold never yet fynd In change to say whoo [rhymes soo, goo, woo, knoo]. 1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. C.ii^v Thou art one of them, to whom god bad who, God tooke the for a carte horse, when god bad so. 1606 N. Breton Choice, Chance, & Change sig. C4 The ploughman..with haye Ree, & Who to his horse. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. xiv. 165 He is madd, madd, madd, no whoe with him. 1797 T. Morton Cure for Heart-ache i. i. 5 Scene I. A Farm Yard... The Bells of a Team jingling. Frank (without). Woyh! Whoh! Smiler. 1801 Knight & Mason II. xvi. 197 I could na bide it,—groaned so desperately.—Whoa! whoa! whoa! Jolly. 1849 W. S. Mayo Kaloolah iii. 32 ‘Soh! whow!’ to his restive horses. ‘Whow! I tell you... Whoa! I tell you.’ 1862 H. D. Thoreau in Atlantic Monthly June 669/1 Who but the Evil One has cried, ‘Whoa!’ to mankind? 1898 H. E. Hamblen Gen. Manager's Story ix. 123 We were four minutes late, and as I shouted ‘whoa’ to Jack [sc. an engine-driver], I could see that he was mad. 1959 Boys' Life Feb. 47/2 ‘Whoa!’ George commanded, hauling on the curb bit. The horse flung up its head and reared. 1991 Dominion (Wellington, N.Z.) 20 Aug. 2/4 Whoa, time out there, bud! Time for a little truth-telling. 2012 Z. Smith NW (2013) 317 Whoa whoa, slow down, man. You got me twisted. β. ?1790 Merry Compan. sig. D2^v Come neddy, stand, woah.a1800 S. Pegge Anecd. Eng. Lang. (1814) 11 When our waggoners and carmen make use of the terms ge and wo to their horses.1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) v. 46 ‘Woo,’ cried Mr. Pickwick, as the tall quadruped evinced a decided inclination to back into the coffee-room window.1892 A. Chevalier in Punch 6 Aug. 54/2 Woa! Steady! Neddy, woa!1906 A. MacDonald Lost Explorers ix. 196 Woah, Fireworks [sc. a camel], woah! ye cantankerous son o' a gun.1999 J. Lloyd & E. Rees Come Together vi. 174 ‘Woah!’ Jons interrupts, holding up his hand.2009 Sunday Tribune (Ireland) (Nexis) 20 Dec. (Sport section) 19 She closed out the programme by..proclaiming, ‘For this is the ride of his life, the ride to redemption.’ Woah there horsey, rein it in. b. In collocation with other interjections or adverbs. Sometimes also used as a command to turn or go in a particular direction. See also whoa ho int. 2. ΚΠ 1675–80 Countrey Farmer (single sheet) Call upon Dobbin with Hey-ge-woe. 1787 ‘G. Gambado’ Acad. Horsemen 8 That he is docile, and will stop short with a ‘Wohey’. a1790 H. Durbin Narr. Extraordinary Things (1800) 19 ‘Jee woah,’ as waggoners used to say in driving horses. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Hait-wo, a word of command to horses in a team, meaning, ‘go to the left’; for wo, in this case, is not stop, but go. 1834 R. Whately in E. J. Whately Life & Corr. R. Whately (1866) I. 247 It is stopping the Horse by a woo-ee instead of a sharp pull of the curb. 1841 Punch 17 July 5/2 Coachman.—Whoo up!—d——n you! 1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life 142 The carter's lads shouting ‘Woaght!’ to the horses as they steer through the gateway. 1887 W. S. S. Tyrwhitt New Chum in Queensland Bush ix. 195 Men shouting..: ‘Whoa back! Whoa back!’ 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Wo-hay, a cartman's order to his horse to stop or stand still. Wo-hi and Wo-hick, turn to left or near side. Wo-hup or Wo-gee, turn to right or off side. 1901 Country Life Illustr. 30 Mar. 396/2 Pleasant it used to be..to hear the hind's cheery ‘Wo hup, Rattler; Wo hi, Boxer,’ as the ploughshare cut the earth. 1919 A. W. Nolan Year in Agric. x. 148 Do not use unnecessary and contradictory words such as ‘whoa back’ and ‘whoa haw’. 1969 H. Orton & P. M. Tilling Surv. Eng. Dial. III. i. 188 When you want your (plough-)horses to go left, what do you say?.. [Essex] Wo ree... To go right?.. [Essex] Wo gee. 2002 J. Blunt Breaking Clean (2003) 126 The words ‘whoa up’ will cause us to slide to a stop. 2. Used as a general interjection to command attention or express that one is surprised, impressed, interested, etc. Cf. whoa ho int. 3. ΚΠ 1891 Californian Oct. 53/1 (song lyrics) Georgia Rabbit, whoa, whoa!..Stole my lover, whoa! whoa! 1917 T. Seltzer tr. B. Savinkov What never Happened 104 You have been sentenced to death by hanging... Hey, whoa, there! A rope here! a1969 J. K. Toole Confederacy of Dunces (1980) 170 Whoa! I think you be attractin plenny new peoples in this place. 1988 J. McInerney Story of my Life v. 76 And I'm like whoa, is this a joke, or what? 1990 N.Y. Times 11 Feb. 34 The young clerk looked at me strangely, as I spelled out my name. ‘Whoa. That's a long one.’ 1992 I. Banks Crow Road (1993) vi. 140 He made a show of squeezing Rory's boney shoulder. ‘Woa; feels like you could do with a bit of feeding up yourself.’ 2015 S. Tromly Trouble is Friend of Mine viii. 59 ‘She disappeared a month ago.’ ‘Whoa, you think it was Schell?’ B. n. An utterance of ‘whoa’. ΚΠ 1817 J. K. Paulding Lett. from South II. xxxviii. 231 He has been so much in the society of horses and dogs, that a whoa and a whistle are the extent of his vocabulary. 1865 E. Dickinson Let. Feb. (1894) II. 256 Life..will run away, notwithstanding our sweetest whoa. 1909 L. B. Parker Homespun xvii. 174 He drew rein with a ‘whoa’ of startling vociferousness. 1973 Field & Stream Nov. 194/1 Some ‘whoas’ and other refinements notwithstanding, ‘all right’ is the single most important command a pup ever learns. 2011 Swan Valley (Manitoba) Star & Times 29 Mar. b12 Brent Scales cautioned his sweepers with a ‘whoa’ to hold back on their sweeping at last weekend's 2011 Mixed Curling Provincial Championships. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1838int.n.c1467
随便看	in diffusion in diminutive in dire stress for in direct of in disaccordance with in disarray in disfavour of in dishabille in dispute in distance in distans in dock in dock, out nettle in doors in dorme in double tides in dribs and drabs in drink in dry dock in dubio in dudgeon in due course in due hour in due or proper form in due reparation