yahoo
/ˈjɑːhuː/noun, interjection, verb
yahoo is spelled Y-A-H-O-O: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 7.2 times per million words in written English, the 8,784th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a derogatory noun, yahoo means “A rough, coarse, loud or uncouth individual” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of yahoo is yahoos.
How many letters and syllables are in yahoo?
| Letters | 5: Y-A-H-O-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.2 times per million words; the 8,784th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is yahoo?
Yahoo appears 7.2 times per million words in written English, the 8,784th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce yahoo?
- /ˈjɑːhuː/
As an interjection (“Exclamation of joy or enjoyment”): /jəˈhuː/.
Yahoo has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-yahoo.oga, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-yahoo2.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Sumxr-Yahoo.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of yahoo
- yahoos plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- yahooing participle, present
- yahooed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does yahoo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
derogatoryA rough, coarse, loud or uncouth individual.
- 2
A humanoid cryptid said to exist in parts of eastern Australia, and also reported in the Bahamas.
interjection
- 1
Exclamation of joy or enjoyment.
- 2
Battle cry.
verb
- 1
informalTo give a cry of yahoo.
- 2
Alternative letter-case form of Yahoo.
noun
- 1
One of a race of brutes, who look and act similar to men, inhabiting the same land as the civilized Houyhnhnms.
- 2
informalAn employee of the Internet company Yahoo!
verb
- 1
informalTo search using the Yahoo! search engine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Yahoo in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does yahoo come from?
From Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, where Yahoo is the name of a race of brutes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).