Yahoo

/ˈjɑːhuː/ · noun

Meaning

(derogatory) A rough, coarse, loud or uncouth individual..

Definitions by Sense

1. (derogatory) A rough, coarse, loud or uncouth individual.
2. (cryptozoology) A humanoid cryptid said to exist in parts of eastern Australia, and also reported in the Bahamas.
3. Exclamation of joy or enjoyment.
4. Battle cry.
5. (transitive, intransitive, informal) To give a cry of yahoo.
6. Alternative letter-case form of Yahoo.

Example Sentences

1835, James Holman, Travels, quoted by Malcolm Smith, Bunyips and Bigfoots (Millennium Books, 1996, →ISBN), who notes that the Australian sense almost certainly derives from Gulliver's Travels, despite Holman's report The natives are greatly terrrified by the sight of a person in a mask calling him "devil" or Yah-hoo, which signifies evil spirit.

"Yahoooooo! Give her some stick!"

Ah! You mean you have been 'yahooing'? I'm dead!

In other words, none of our googling and yahooing is private (you knew that, right ?).

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Word Forms

• yahoos
• yahooing
• yahooed

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