Etymology

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Today it means: A rough, coarse, loud or uncouth individual. Full definition →

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yahoo · noun1

From Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, where Yahoo is the name of a race of brutes.

yahoo · interjection, verb2

Expressive.

yahoo · verb3

From Yahoo!.

Yahoo · noun4

Coined by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels. According to the Century Dictionary, "[a] made name, prob[ably] meant to suggest disgust".

Yahoo · proper noun, noun, verb5

From the company name Yahoo!; see more on origin there.

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