n.
Pronunciation: ' y ā -( ˌ )hü, ' yä-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural yahoos
Date: 1726
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 2 yahoo ] : a boorish, crass, or stupid person
– ya · hoo · ism \ - ˌ i-z ə m \ noun