Yahoo
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈjɑːhuː/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Yahoo is a noun meaning (derogatory) A rough, coarse, loud or uncouth individual.
Meaning
(derogatory) A rough, coarse, loud or uncouth individual.
More Meanings
- (cryptozoology) A humanoid cryptid said to exist in parts of eastern Australia, and also reported in the Bahamas.
- Exclamation of joy or enjoyment.
- Battle cry.
- (transitive, intransitive, informal) To give a cry of yahoo.
- Alternative letter-case form of Yahoo.
Example Sentences
"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 ?).
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.
Word Forms
- yahoos
- yahooing
- yahooed
Synonyms for yahoo
Depending on context, synonyms include yokel, lout, yay, bumpkin, hayseed, chawbacon.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include chawbacon, bumpkin, rube, hick, yokel, hayseed.
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