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☆ wa·hoo (wä′ho̵̅o̅′, wä ho̵̅o̅′)

noun

  1. burning bush (sense )
  2. strawberry bush

Etymology: < Dakota wahu, lit., arrowwood

wahoo2 definition

☆ wa·hoo (wä′ho̵̅o̅′, wä ho̵̅o̅′)

noun

  1. a cork elm (Ulmus alata) of the S U.S.
  2. any of various other North American trees or shrubs, as the cascara

Etymology: < ? Creek ahá˙hwa, walnut

wahoo3 definition

☆ wa·hoo (wä′ho̵̅o̅′, wä ho̵̅o̅′)

noun pl. wahoo -·hoo′ or wahoos -·hoos′

a large, scombroid game and food fish (Acanthocybium solanderi) of warm seas

Etymology: < ?

wahoo4 definition

☆ wa·hoo (wä ho̵̅o̅′, wä′ho̵̅o̅′)

interjection

Chiefly West used to express unrestrained enthusiasm, exhilaration, etc.

Etymology: echoic of shout

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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