whallah

whallah

English

Alternative forms

• voila, wallah

Etymology

French voilà pronunciation respelling

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /wɑˈlɑ/

Interjection

whallah

1. voila; ta-da, presto; lo and behold
   • 1984 Josh Greenfield, The Return of Mister Hollywood (Doubleday, →ISBN p.23:

     People back East always thought it was a simple matter: a property, a star, a director — and whallah — a picture.

   • 2011 James Altucher, "10 Things Entrepreneurs Don’t Learn in College", TechCruch 13 November 2011:

     They were mammoth but if you turned down a random corner then, whallah!—there might be an arts & crafts show.