yahoo

2 ENTRIES FOUND:

1ya·hoo

noun \ˈyā-(ˌ)hü, ˈyä-\
plural yahoos

Definition of YAHOO

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
ya·hoo·ism \-ˌi-zəm\ noun

Examples of YAHOO

  1. Some yahoo cut me off in traffic.
  2. A bunch of yahoos were making noise outside.

First Known Use of YAHOO

1726

Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bildungsroman, bowdlerize, caesura, coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody

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