yahoos

Ya·hoo

Y y

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [yah-hoo, yey-, yah-hoo]
- /ˈyɑ hu, ˈyeɪ-, yɑˈhu/
- /ˈjɑː.huː/

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

Definitions of yahoos word

noun plural yahoos (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. 1
noun plural yahoos (lowercase) an uncultivated or boorish person; lout; philistine; yokel. 1
noun plural yahoos (lowercase) a coarse or brutish person. 1
noun yahoos Plural form of yahoo. 1
noun yahoos plural of yahoo. 0

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Parts of speech for Yahoos

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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yahoos popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for yahoos

noun yahoos

savages — fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed: savage beasts.
barbarians — Plural form of barbarian.
beasts — Plural form of beast.
boors — a churlish, rude, or unmannerly person.
louts — an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.

All 5 Synonyms of yahoos

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