yahoo

Definition

  • noun: a person who is very rude, loud, or stupid
  • noun: a member of a race of brutes in Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' who have the form and all the vices of humans
  • used to express excitement or joy
  • synonyms: lout, greenhorn, yokel

Examples

  • A bunch of 'yahoos' were making noise outside.

  • Some 'yahoo' cut me off in traffic.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) He gets pulled over by a bunch of cops, and he attacks them. He attacked police officers. Bottom line. And he walked. And there's some yahoo with a video camera who turned it on halfway through... ...so all we see is them hitting him. Exactly. Powell and Koon winding up ...and Briseno's kicking him (..)
    1998 American History X
  • (..) talk to my brother. I'm glad to see you. - I'll be there in one minute. - Hurry up. I'm starving. Come here. Seriously, look... Forget this yahoo. He kills bugs for a living. You don't wanna be like that. I'm serious. It's not funny. Sweeney is a good teacher. You can learn from him. (..)
    1998 American History X