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wahoo1 /wɑːˈhuː  /(also wahoo elm) nounA North American elm which yields useful timber.- Ulmus alata, family Ulmaceae.
Purple Finches flock to the wahoo elm trees to feed on the buds, and Crossbills attack the pine cones....- Winged elm, also called corked elm or wahoo elm, can be distinguished from other elms by the woody, wing-like growths along the branchlets.
- Here, among the smaller trees, the holly obtains its greatest development, with hornbeams and wahoo elms.
Origin Late 18th century: perhaps from Creek ahá-hwa 'walnut'. Rhymesaccrue, adieu, ado, anew, Anjou, aperçu, askew, ballyhoo, bamboo, bedew, bestrew, billet-doux, blew, blue, boo, boohoo, brew, buckaroo, canoe, chew, clew, clou, clue, cock-a-doodle-doo, cockatoo, construe, coo, Corfu, coup, crew, Crewe, cru, cue, déjà vu, derring-do, dew, didgeridoo, do, drew, due, endue, ensue, eschew, feu, few, flew, flu, flue, foreknew, glue, gnu, goo, grew, halloo, hereto, hew, Hindu, hitherto, how-do-you-do, hue, Hugh, hullabaloo, imbrue, imbue, jackaroo, Jew, kangaroo, Karroo, Kathmandu, kazoo, Kiangsu, knew, Kru, K2, kung fu, Lahu, Lanzhou, Lao-tzu, lasso, lieu, loo, Lou, Manchu, mangetout, mew, misconstrue, miscue, moo, moue, mu, nardoo, new, non-U, nu, ooh, outdo, outflew, outgrew, peekaboo, Peru, pew, plew, Poitou, pooh, pooh-pooh, potoroo, pursue, queue, revue, roo, roux, rue, Selous, set-to, shampoo, shih-tzu, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skean dhu, skew, skidoo, slew, smew, snafu, sou, spew, sprue, stew, strew, subdue, sue, switcheroo, taboo, tattoo, thereto, thew, threw, thro, through, thru, tickety-boo, Timbuktu, tiramisu, to, to-do, too, toodle-oo, true, true-blue, tu-whit tu-whoo, two, vendue, view, vindaloo, virtu, wallaroo, Waterloo, well-to-do, whereto, whew, who, withdrew, woo, Wu, yew, you, zoo wahoo2 /wɑːˈhuː /nounA North American spindle tree.- Genus Euonymus, family Celastraceae: two species.
OriginMid 19th century: from Dakota, literally 'arrow wood'. wahoo3 /wɑːˈhuː /nounA large predatory tropical marine fish of the mackerel family, prized as a game fish.- Acanthocybium solandri, family Scombridae.
Weeds in blue water attract significant numbers of sailfish and wahoo during the summer months....- By the time you reboard each evening, chef Charlie Wang will have your pan-seared wahoo waiting.
- Skewered chunks of wahoo, a firm, white fish, come in a garlicky scampi butter that turns them irresistible.
OriginEarly 20th century: of unknown origin. wahoo4 /wɑːˈhuː /exclamation North American Another word for yahoo2.Do I get excited about Beyonce because, wahoo, it's one more song about relationships?...- Wouldn't it be dreamy to hold on to the water-park wahoo of summer… all year round?
- Consumer confidence and spending are down - wahoo!
Origin1940s: probably a natural exclamation. |