"Yahoo" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈjɑːhuː/ Forms: Yahoos [plural]
Etymology: Coined by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels. According to the Century Dictionary, "[a] made name, prob[ably] meant to suggest disgust". Head templates: {{en-noun}} Yahoo (plural Yahoos)
  1. (fiction) One of a race of brutes, who look and act similar to men, inhabiting the same land as the civilized Houyhnhnms. Categories (topical): Fiction, Gulliver's Travels Derived forms: yahoo
    Sense id: en-Yahoo-en-noun-ZesSsiTg Disambiguation of Gulliver's Travels: 54 26 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 50 8 Disambiguation of English links with redundant alt parameters: 42 45 12 Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈjɑːhuː/ Forms: Yahoos [plural]
Etymology: From the company name Yahoo!; see more on origin there. Etymology templates: {{m|en|Yahoo%21|Yahoo!}} Yahoo! Head templates: {{en-noun}} Yahoo (plural Yahoos)
  1. (informal) An employee of the Internet company Yahoo!. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-Yahoo-en-noun-XnyxDJiv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 50 8 Disambiguation of English links with redundant alt parameters: 42 45 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈjɑːhuː/ Forms: Yahoos [present, singular, third-person], Yahooing [participle, present], Yahooed [participle, past], Yahooed [past]
Etymology: From the company name Yahoo!; see more on origin there. Etymology templates: {{m|en|Yahoo%21|Yahoo!}} Yahoo! Head templates: {{en-verb}} Yahoo (third-person singular simple present Yahoos, present participle Yahooing, simple past and past participle Yahooed)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of yahoo Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: yahoo
    Sense id: en-Yahoo-en-verb-tiRq5jZz Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of English links with redundant alt parameters: 42 45 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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