yahoo — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A rough, coarse, loud or uncouth individual.

   Usage

   • Derogatory

   Examples

   Triple Threat Triad? I beat up some of those yahoos when I got into town.

2. A humanoid cryptid said to exist in parts of eastern Australia, and also reported in the Bahamas.

   Examples

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   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.

Interjection

1. Exclamation of joy or enjoyment.

   Examples

   "Yahoooooo! Give her some stick!"

2. Battle cry.

Verb

1. To give a cry of yahoo.

   Usage

   • Informal
   • Intransitive
   • Transitive

Noun

1. a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture

   Synonyms

   yokelrubehickhayseedbumpkinchawbacon

   Broader terms

   rustic