Yahoo Definition

yäho͝o, yā-
yahoos
noun
yahoos
In Swift's Gulliver's Travels, any of a race of brutish, degraded creatures subject to the Houyhnhnms and having the form and all the vices of man.
Webster's New World
A person who is variously thought of as being coarse, uneducated, unrefined, anti-intellectual, crudely materialistic, etc.
Webster's New World

(informal) An employee of the Internet company Yahoo!.

Wiktionary
A derogatory term for a white person from the Confederate South (i.e., United States).
Wiktionary

(cryptozoology) A humanoid cryptid said to exist in parts of eastern Australia, and also reported in the Bahamas.

1835: The natives are greatly terrrified by the sight of a person in a mask calling him "devil" or Yah-hoo, which signifies evil spirit. "” James Holman, Travels, 1835 (quoted by Malcolm Smith, above)
1985: Yahoos in the Bahamas "” title of paper by Michael Raynal, Cryptozoology, volume 4, 1985
Wiktionary
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interjection
Used to express joy, delight, triumph, etc. with great excitement.
Webster's New World

An exclamation of joy.

Wiktionary
A battle cry.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Yahoo

Noun

Singular:
yahoo
Plural:
yahoos

Origin of Yahoo

  • The Australian sense almost certainly derives from Gulliver's Travels, despite Holman's report (quote below), since the sound "H" does not occur in aboriginal languages, only in words learnt or adopted from Europeans. (Reference: Bunyips and Bigfoots, Malcolm Smith, Millenium Books, 1996, ISBN 1-86429-081-1.)

    From Wiktionary

  • From Yahoo , member of a race of brutes in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift: the name of a race of brutes.

    From Wiktionary

  • Coined by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels.

    From Wiktionary

  • Imitative

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Yahoo!

    From Wiktionary

Yahoo Sentence Examples

  • While there are many small websites that will give you little-used domain names, by far the easiest and most secure way to get a free web address to use for email is to go to one of the big trusted names like Google or Yahoo.

  • Human nature indignantly rejects her portrait in the Yahoo as a gross libel, and the protest is fully warranted.

  • Unlike the Yahoo! version that runs within your main Internet browser window (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, etc.), when you choose to play the free web-based Text Twist on Shockwave, the site opens up a new window.

  • Additionally, online stores powered by Yahoo and Google and Amazon exist where small vendors can set up storefronts and sell to the world, as a hobby or a livelihood.

  • There is a whole list of compatible MP3 devices listed on the Yahoo Music website, but since Yahoo Music files are downloaded in WMA (Windows Media) format, your iPod becomes a causality of the great Windows/Mac war.

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Words Starting With

YYAYAH

Words Ending With

OOOHOO

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