noun

yahoo

YAH-hoo

noun

A loud, rough, or uncultured person.

"Some yahoo in the front row kept shouting during the speech."

intj

An exclamation of excitement or joy.

"Yahoo! We won the game!"

How to Use Yahoo

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In plain EnglishEither a rowdy, unrefined person, or a shout of pure excitement.

Common mistake

Not to be confused with the internet company Yahoo!, which took its name from the same word.

yahooed past tense, Yahooed past tense, yahoos plural, Yahoos plural, Yahoos plural, yahoos singular, Yahoos singular

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Some _____ in the front row kept shouting during the speech.

Coined by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels (1726) as the name for a race of crude, brutish humanoids.

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