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Yahoo   /jˈɑhˌu/   Listen
Yahoo

noun
1.
A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture.  Synonyms: bumpkin, chawbacon, hayseed, hick, rube, yokel.
2.
One of a race of brutes resembling men but subject to the Houyhnhnms in a novel by Jonathan Swift.
3.
A widely used search engine for the web that finds information, news, images, products, finance.





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"Yahoo" Quotes from Famous Books



... even more plainly, if you desire it," returns Saxham brutally. "To bespatter a rival for the gaining of an advantage by contrast is a Yahoo's trick to which no decent ...
— The Dop Doctor • Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
... far distant animals, tossed up in alarm the moment that they catch his wind; he must have observed the tracks of animals—how, when they crossed his path of the preceding day, the beast that made the tracks has stopped, scrutinised, and shunned it—before he can believe what a Yahoo he is among the brute creation. No cleanliness of the individual seems to diminish this remarkable odour: indeed, the more civilised the man, the more subtle does it appear to be; the touch of a game-keeper scares less than ...
— The Art of Travel - Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries • Francis Galton
... could soak my crusts in the fountain with Le Sage's strolling player, and revel in their glad enjoyment: but sitting down with so many fellow-animals to ward off thirst and hunger as a business; to empty, each creature, his Yahoo's trough as quickly as he can, and then slink sullenly away; to have these social sacraments stripped of everything but the mere greedy satisfaction of the natural cravings; goes so against the grain with ...
— American Notes for General Circulation • Charles Dickens


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