whoa

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"What the dev--whoa, there Kitty, what you about He calmed the resentful beast, and they neared the house in The Gore at a quick trot You don't think she has ever spoken to any one before--not so, do you, Tave?

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  1. interjection Used as a command to stop, as to a horse.

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  • "Waiting like this is driving me ... whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!" —  EQMM, May 2005
  • On his leisurely way out -- whoa, there was Miss Cell phone, that looker, that little goddess, browsing in a jewelry store over Korean gold chains and tiaras. —  F ;SF; - vol 103 issue 03 - September 2002
  • "We've gone from pink to" whoa "- leveraging our leadership in color and design to make the PEBL expressive and refreshing," says Jim Wicks, Vice President and Director, Consumer Experience Design, Motorola. —  Alice Hill's Real Tech News - Independent Tech
  • As I closed towards the finish a young woman flew by me -- whoa, I can't catch her. —  Charlottesville Blogs
  • But I think I've made clear to many of you that if it were not for John McCain supporting me at the White House when I said whoa, whoa, time-out, they would have run over me like a freight train. —  Hot Air » Top Picks
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