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View usage for: Word forms: plural yahoospronunciation note: Pronounced (jɑːhuː) for meaning [sense 1], and (jɑːhuː) for meaning [sense 2].1. exclamationPeople sometimes shout 'yahoo!' when they are very happy or excited about something. 2. countable nounSome people refer to young rich people as yahoos when they disapprove of them because they behave in a noisy, extravagant, and unpleasant way. [British, informal, disapproval] ...a typical City merchant banking yahoo. Synonyms: philistine, savage, lout, beast More Synonyms of yahoo (jəˈhuː) nounWord forms: plural -hoosa crude, brutish, or obscenely coarse person Derived forms yahooism (yaˈhooism) noun Word origin C18: from the name of a race of brutish creatures resembling men in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726) Yahoo in American English (ˈjɑːhuː, ˈjei-, jɑːˈhuː) nounWord forms: plural -hoos1. (in Swift's Gulliver's Travels) one of a race of brutes, having the form and all the vices of humans, who are subject to the Houyhnhnms 2. (lc) an uncultivated or boorish person; lout; philistine 3. (lc) a coarse or brutish person Derived forms yahooism noun Word origin [coined by Swift in Gulliver's Travels (1726) ]Synonyms of 'yahoo'philistine, savage, lout, beast More Synonyms of yahoo Definition a crude, brutish, or obscenely coarse person a typical City merchant banking yahoo Synonyms hoon (Australian, New Zealand) roughneck (slang) churl yob or yobbo (British, slang) cougan (Australian, slang) scozza (Australian, slang) bogan (Australian, slang) Additional synonymsDefinition a coarse or vicious person The visitors looked upon us all as barbarians. Synonyms lout, hooligan, illiterate, vandal, yahoo, bigot, philistine, ned (Scottish, slang), hoon (Australian, New Zealand), cougan (Australian, slang), scozza (Australian, slang), bogan (Australian, slang), ruffian, ignoramus, boor, boot boy, lowbrow, vulgarianDefinition a brutal or uncivilized person He is an absolute beast in terms of his will to win. Synonyms brute, monster, savage, barbarian, fiend, swine, ogre, ghoul, sadist Definition an ill-mannered, clumsy, or insensitive person He was a braggart, a cynic and a boor. Synonyms lout, peasant (informal), hick (informal, US, Canadian), barbarian, brute, philistine, redneck (US, slang), oaf, bumpkin, vulgarian, hayseed (US, Canadian, informal), cougan (Australian, slang), scozza (Australian, slang), bogan (Australian, slang), clodhopper (informal), churl, clodpole - Xmas
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Additional synonymsDefinition a brutal person an unpleasant brute Synonyms savage, devil, monster, beast, barbarian, fiend, swine, ogre, ghoul, sadist Definition a surly ill-bred person Definition a crude or oafish person a drunken lout Synonyms oaf, thug, hooligan, boor, bear, ned (Scottish, slang), yahoo, hoon (Australian, New Zealand, slang), clod, bumpkin, gawk, dolt, churl, lubber, lummox (informal), clumsy idiot, yob or yobbo (British, slang), cougan (Australian, slang), scozza (Australian, slang), bogan (Australian, slang) Definition a person like this The owner kept a baseball bat to deal with rowdies. Synonyms hooligan, tough, rough (informal), casual, ned (Scottish, slang), brawler, yahoo, lout, troublemaker, tearaway (British), ruffian, lager lout, boot boy, yob or yobbo (British, slang), cougan (Australian, slang), scozza (Australian, slang), bogan (Australian, slang) Definition a fierce or vicious person The kids in the orchestra are a right bunch of savages! Synonyms lout, yob (British, slang), brute, bear, monster, beast, barbarian, fiend, yahoo, hoon (Australian, New Zealand), yobbo (British, slang), roughneck (slang), boor, cougan (Australian, slang), scozza (Australian, slang), bogan (Australian, slang) |