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yahoo.

A rough, coarse, loud or uncouth individual.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈjɑːhuː/
  1. A rough, coarse, loud or uncouth individual.

    derogatory
  2. A humanoid cryptid said to exist in parts of eastern Australia, and also reported in the Bahamas.

Where this word comes from

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

intj/jəˈhuː/
  1. Exclamation of joy or enjoyment.

  2. Battle cry.

Where this word comes from

Expressive.

verb/jəˈhuː/
  1. To give a cry of yahoo.

    informal · intransitive · transitive
Where this word comes from

Expressive.

verb
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Yahoo.

    alt-of
Where this word comes from

From Yahoo!.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.