Yahoo

[ yah-hoo, yey-, yah-hoo ]
/ ˈyɑ hu, ˈyeɪ-, yɑˈhu /

noun, plural Ya·hoos.

(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.
(lowercase) an uncultivated or boorish person; lout; philistine; yokel.
(lowercase) a coarse or brutish person.

Origin of Yahoo

coined by Swift in Gulliver's Travels (1726)

OTHER WORDS FROM Yahoo

ya·hoo·ism, noun

Words related to yahoos

roughneck, boor, lout, brute, barbarian, beast

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British Dictionary definitions for yahoos

yahoo
/ (jəˈhuː) /

noun plural -hoos

a crude, brutish, or obscenely coarse person

Derived forms of yahoo

yahooism, noun

Word Origin for yahoo

C18: from the name of a race of brutish creatures resembling men in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726)

Cultural definitions for yahoos

Yahoos
[ (yah-hoohz) ]

The crude, dirty “brutes” of the land of the Houyhnhnms in Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift. The Yahoos are irrational people and represent the worst side of humanity. By contrast, the wise and gentle Houyhnhnms, their masters, are rational horses and represent humanity at its best.

notes for Yahoos

A “yahoo” is an uncouth or uncivilized person.