yahoo
[ yah-hoo ]
/ ˈyɑˈhu /
interjection
(an exclamation used to express joy, excitement, etc.)
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Origin of yahoo
First recorded in 1975–80; of imitative origin
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Yahoo
[ yah-hoo, yey-, yah-hoo ]
/ ˈyɑ hu, ˈyeɪ-, yɑˈhu /
noun, plural Ya·hoos.
(in Swift's Gulliver's Travels) one of a race of brutes, having the form and all the vices of humans, who are subject to the Houyhnhnms.
(lowercase) an uncultivated or boorish person; lout; philistine; yokel.
(lowercase) a coarse or brutish person.
Origin of Yahoo
coined by Swift in Gulliver's Travels (1726)
OTHER WORDS FROM Yahoo
ya·hoo·ism, nounDictionary.com Unabridged
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British Dictionary definitions for yahoo
yahoo
/ (jəˈhuː) /
noun plural -hoos
a crude, brutish, or obscenely coarse person
Derived forms of yahoo
yahooism, nounWord Origin for yahoo
C18: from the name of a race of brutish creatures resembling men in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726)
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