YAHOO


Meaning of YAHOO in English

I. ˈyā-(ˌ)hü, ˈyä- noun

( 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 yahoo (II)]

: a boorish, crass, or stupid person

• ya·hoo·ism -ˌi-zəm noun

II. yä-ˈhü interjection

Etymology: perhaps alteration of yo-ho, interjection used to attract attention, from yo + ho

Date: 1870

: yippee

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.