yahoo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rough, coarse, loud or uncouth individual.
  2. A humanoid cryptid said to exist in parts of eastern Australia, and also reported in the Bahamas.
intj
  1. Exclamation of joy or enjoyment.
  2. Battle cry.
verb
  1. To give a cry of yahoo.
verb
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Yahoo.
noun
  1. One of a race of brutes, who look and act similar to men, inhabiting the same land as the civilized Houyhnhnms.
name
  1. Alternative form of Yahoo!.
noun
  1. An employee of the Internet company Yahoo!
verb
  1. To search using the Yahoo! search engine.

Pronunciation

/ˈjɑːhuː/ En-us-yahoo.oga /jəˈhuː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-yahoo2.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Yahoo.wav

Word forms

yahoo yahoos yahooing yahooed

Etymology

From Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, where Yahoo is the name of a race of brutes.

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