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yahoo
UK /ˈjɑːhuː/ US /ˈjɑːhuː/
noun 4verb 3intj 2name 1
Definitions
noun
1
A rough, coarse, loud or uncouth individual.
2
A 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.
intj
1
An exclamation of joy or enjoyment.
"Yahoooooo! Give her some stick!"
2
A battle cry.
verb
1
To give a cry of yahoo.
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