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yahoo

Pronunciation: /ˈjɑːhuː/

The English word “yahoo” has 5 meanings listed here.

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.

interjection

  1. Exclamation of joy or enjoyment.
  2. Battle cry.

verb

  1. To give a cry of yahoo.

Etymology

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

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