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yahoo

noun
ya·​hoo | \ ˈyā-(ˌ)hü How to pronounce yahoo (audio) , ˈyä- How to pronounce yahoo (audio) \
plural yahoos

Definition of yahoo

 (Entry 1 of 2)

1 capitalized : a member of a race of brutes in Swift's Gulliver's Travels who have the form and all the vices of humans
2 [ influenced by 2yahoo ] : a boorish, crass, or stupid person

yahoo

interjection
ya·​hoo | \ yä-ˈhü How to pronounce yahoo (audio) \

Definition of yahoo (Entry 2 of 2)

: yippee
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Noun

yahooism \ ˈyā-​(ˌ)hü-​ˌi-​zəm How to pronounce yahooism (audio) , ˈyä-​ \ noun

Synonyms & Antonyms for yahoo

Synonyms: Noun

airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, bubblehead, chowderhead, chucklehead, clodpoll (or clodpole), clot [British], cluck, clunk, cretin, cuddy (or cuddie) [British dialect], deadhead, dim bulb [slang], dimwit, dip, dodo, dolt, donkey, doofus [slang], dope, dork [slang], dullard, dum-dum, dumbbell, dumbhead, dummkopf, dummy, dunce, dunderhead, fathead, gander, golem, goof, goon, half-wit, hammerhead, hardhead, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, jackass, know-nothing, knucklehead, lamebrain, loggerhead [chiefly dialect], loon, lump, lunkhead, meathead, mome [archaic], moron, mug [chiefly British], mutt, natural, nimrod [slang], nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nit [chiefly British], nitwit, noddy, noodle, numskull (or numbskull), oaf, pinhead, prat [British], ratbag [chiefly Australian], saphead, schlub (also shlub) [slang], schnook [slang], simpleton, stock, stupe, stupid, thickhead, turkey, woodenhead, yo-yo

Synonyms: Interjection

glory (or glory be), ha (or hah), hallelujah, hey, hooray (also hurrah), hot dog, huzzah, wahoo [chiefly West], whee

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