intj
Meaning 1
Exclamation of joy or enjoyment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
yahoo
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/jəˈhuː/
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rhymes with -uː
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/ˈjɑːhuː/
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rhymes with -ɑːhu
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CMU ARPABET: Y AA1 HH UW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
intj
Meaning 2
Battle cry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
Alternative form of Yahoo!.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 4
A rough, coarse, loud or uncouth individual.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory
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noun
Meaning 5
A humanoid cryptid said to exist in parts of eastern Australia, and also reported in the Bahamas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, cryptozoology, natural-sciences, zoology
Examples
- 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.
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noun
Meaning 6
One of a race of brutes, who look and act similar to men, inhabiting the same land as the civilized Houyhnhnms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
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noun
Meaning 7
An employee of the Internet company Yahoo!
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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verb
Meaning 8
To give a cry of yahoo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, intransitive, transitive
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verb
Meaning 9
Alternative letter-case form of Yahoo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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verb
Meaning 10
To search using the Yahoo! search engine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, informal, intransitive, transitive
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noun
Meaning 11
a widely used search engine for the web that finds information, news, images, products, finance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: search engine
noun
Meaning 12
one of a race of brutes resembling men but subject to the Houyhnhnms in a novel by Jonathan Swift
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fictional character, fictitious character, character
noun
Meaning 13
a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: yokel, rube, hick, hayseed, bumpkin, chawbacon
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rustic
History
Etymology
Expressive.
From the company name Yahoo!; see more on origin there.
From Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, where Yahoo is the name of a race of brutes.
Coined by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels. According to the Century Dictionary, "[a] made name, prob[ably] meant to suggest disgust".
From Yahoo!.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 呀吼 (yahǒu) — exlamation of joy
- Finnish: hihhei — exlamation of joy
- German: juhu — exlamation of joy
- German: Rüpel — rough person
- German: Rohling — rough person
Real reading context