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YAHOO
Yahoo
(noun) a widely used search engine for the web that finds information, news, images, products, finance
Yahoo
(noun) one of a race of brutes resembling men but subject to the Houyhnhnms in a novel by Jonathan Swift
yokel, rube, hick, yahoo, hayseed, bumpkin, chawbacon
(noun) a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
yahoo (plural yahoos)
(pejorative) A rough, coarse, loud or uncouth person; yokel; lout.
(cryptozoology) A humanoid cryptid said to exist in parts of eastern Australia, and also reported in the Bahamas.
Synonyms
• (a rough, coarse, or uncouth person): yokel, lout
Etymology 2
Expressive.
Interjection
yahoo
An exclamation of joy or enjoyment.
A battle cry.
Verb
yahoo (third-person singular simple present yahoos, present participle yahooing, simple past and past participle yahooed)
To give a cry of "yahoo".
(internet, informal) To search using the Yahoo! search engine.
Anagrams
• ooyah
Etymology 1
Noun
Yahoo (plural Yahoos)
(literature) One of a race of brutes, who look and act similar to men, inhabiting the same land as the civilized Houyhnhnms.
Etymology 2
From the company name.
Noun
Yahoo (plural Yahoos)
(informal) An employee of the Internet company Yahoo!.
Anagrams
• ooyah
Source: Wiktionary
Ya"hoo, n.
1. One of a race of filthy brutes in Swift's "Gulliver's Travels." See in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
2. Hence, any brutish or vicious character.
3. A raw countryman; a lout; a greenhorn. [U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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