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Definition of 'wo'

English

(wikipedia)

Alternative forms

* whoa

Etymology 1

Variant of who .

Interjection

(en-interj)
  • A falconer's call to a hawk.
  • A call to cause a horse to slow down or stop; whoa.
  • Etymology 2

    Variant of woe .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • * 1815 , Philip Freneau, A collection of poems, on American affairs and a variety of other subjects , page 82[http://books.google.com/books?id=BAkUAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA82]:
  • Such feeble arms, to work internal wo !
  • * (Hannah More)
  • But if there was a competition between a sick family and a new broach, the broach was sure to carry the day. This would not have been the case, had they been habituated to visit themselves the abodes of penury and wo .

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    Similar to 'wo'

    who, woo