Yahoo! - Dictionary Definition and Overview

yahoo (noun)
1: not very intelligent or interested in culture [syn: yokel, rube, hick, hayseed, bumpkin, chawbacon]
2: one of a race of brutes resembling men but subject to the Houyhnhnms in a novel by Jonathan Swift [syn: Yahoo]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Yahoo \Ya"hoo\, n. 1. One of a race of filthy brutes in Swift's ``Gulliver's Travels.'' See in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.

2. Hence, any brutish or vicious character.

3. A raw countryman; a lout; a greenhorn. [U. S.]

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example Usage of Yahoo!

CORKSCREW_99: こいつはTi Amoですぜ http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20091208-00000029-oric-ent.view-000
city_boy1983: 衝撃。というより意外 RT @speakraw: RT @a_k_i_r_a_o: 記事発見。阪神・赤星が引退 http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20091209-00000523-sanspo-base
generalfranken: クラウドのイメージがどう見てもうんk・・・いやなんでもない。http://www.publickey.jp/blog/09/yahoo_japan.html
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