intj
Meaning 1
A cry of pleasure or enthusiasm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wahey, yahoo, yay
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
wahoo
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /ˈwɑ.hu/
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General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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CMU ARPABET: W AH0 HH UW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: W AA1 HH UW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A ghost town in California.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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name
Meaning 3
An unincorporated community in Florida.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 4
A city, the county seat of Saunders County, Nebraska.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
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name
Meaning 5
An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
Acanthocybium solandri, a tropical and subtropical game fish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ono
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
The winged elm, Ulmus alata.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Southern-US
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 8
Euonymus atropurpureus, an eastern burning bush.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 9
large fast-moving predacious food and game fish; found worldwide
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Acanthocybium solandri
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mackerel
noun
Meaning 10
deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: burning bush, Euonymus atropurpureus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shrub, bush
noun
Meaning 11
upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds; the eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texas
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: strawberry bush, Euonymus americanus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shrub, bush
History
Etymology
Perhaps from Wahoo, an obsolete spelling of Oahu, where the fish is found.
From Creek uhawhu.
From a Dakota word, the first element of which is cognate to Lakota waŋ (“arrow”).
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dhivehi: ކުރު މަސް (kuru mas) — fish
- Dhivehi: ތޯރާމަސް (tōrāmas) — fish
- Hawaiian: ono — fish
- Kabuverdianu: serra — fish
- Malayalam: നെന്മീൻ (nenmīṉ) — fish
- Mokilese: ahl — fish
- Pohnpeian: ahl — fish
- Polish: wacha — fish
- Portuguese: cavala-da-índia — fish
- Ternate: tarusi — fish