whoaexclamation
uk/wəʊ/us/woʊ/used when telling a horse to stop:
"Whoa there, Poppy," he said to his pony, and stopped beside the kerb.
informal used when telling a person to stop what they are doing or to do it more slowly:
Yes, carrots please, - whoa! That's plenty.
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Horse riding
- curry
- dismount
- dressage
- gait
- gymkhana
- high-spirited
- horse riding
- horseback riding
- horseshoe
- horsey
- jib at sth
- mount
- mounted
- prance
- puissance
- rein sth in
- showjumping
- silk
- trot
- unsaddle
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Linguistics: expressions telling people to stop doing something