Yahoonoun詞源 1/ˈjɑːhuː/

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  fictionliteraturemediaOne of a race of brutes, who look and act similar to men, inhabiting the same land as the civilized Houyhnhnms.

  • I therefore often begged his Favour to let me go among the Herds of Yahoos in the Neighbourhood, to which he always very graciouſly conſented, being perfectly convinced, that the Hatred I bore thoſe Brutes, would never ſuffer me to be corrupted by them; […]

Yahoonoun詞源 2/ˈjɑːhuː/

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  informalAn employee of the Internet company Yahoo!

  • But having two beaming Chief Yahoos on the cover is an implied seal of approval.
  • Instead of driving down the street to meetings, soon Yahoos need merely stroll the walkways that crisscrossed a bright green lawn.

Yahooverb詞源 2/ˈjɑːhuː/

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  informalTo search using the Yahoo! search engine.

  • I watched as she Googled, Yahooed, Asked, and used a couple of search engines I’d never heard of.
  • I searched, Yahooed, Googled and everything else I could.

yahoonoun詞源 1/ˈjɑːhuː/

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  derogatoryA rough, coarse, loud or uncouth individual.

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  biologycryptozoologynatural-sciencesA humanoid cryptid said to exist in parts of eastern Australia, and also reported in the Bahamas.

  • 1835, James Holman, Travels, quoted by Malcolm Smith, Bunyips and Bigfoots (Millennium Books, 1996, →ISBN), who notes that the Australian sense almost certainly derives from Gulliver's Travels, despite Holman's report The natives are greatly terrrified by the sight of a person in a mask calling him "devil" or Yah-hoo, which signifies evil spirit.

yahoointj詞源 2/jəˈhuː/

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  Exclamation of joy or enjoyment.

  • "Yahoooooo! Give her some stick!"
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  Battle cry.

yahooverb詞源 2/jəˈhuː/

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  informalTo give a cry of yahoo.