yahoo

¹

[ yah-hoo ]

interjection

1. (an exclamation used to express joy, excitement, etc.)

Yahoo

²

[ yah-hoo, yey-, yah-hoo ]

noun

, plural Ya·hoos.

1. (in Swift's Gulliver's Travels ) one of a race of brutes, having the form and all the vices of humans, who are subject to the Houyhnhnms.
2. (lowercase) an uncultivated or boorish person; lout; philistine; yokel.
3. (lowercase) a coarse or brutish person.

yahoo

/ jəˈhuː /

noun

1. a crude, brutish, or obscenely coarse person

Derived Forms

• yaˈhooism, noun

Other Words From

• yahoo·ism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of yahoo¹

First recorded in 1975–80; of imitative origin

Origin of yahoo²

Coined by Swift in Gulliver's Travels (1726)

Word History and Origins

Origin of yahoo¹

C18: from the name of a race of brutish creatures resembling men in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726)

Example Sentences

His byline has appeared in Business Insider, Yahoo! and other publications.

From Los Angeles Times

The technology will review the images submitted by Yahoo news contributors and flag the ones that were probably generated or doctored by AI, helping the site’s editorial standards team decide whether to publish them.

From Los Angeles Times

Yahoo surveyed some sports memorabilia experts, with one saying the milestone ball could be worth “upwards of $200,000.”

From Los Angeles Times

The term "Yahoo Boys" is used to describe a portion of the population that use cyber-crime to earn a living.

From BBC

That same day, he predicted to Yahoo Finance that he was confident that the share price would rise above $1 a share to avoid being delisted from the New York Stock Exchange.

From Los Angeles Times