yahoo
noun/ˈjɑːhuː/
/ˈjɑːhuː/
(plural yahoos)
(disapproving)- a rude, noisy or violent personCultureThe Yahoos are an imaginary race of creatures in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. They are animals with human form who behave in a rude, aggressive mannerWord Originnoun mid 18th cent.: from the name of an imaginary race of brutish creatures in Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726).
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