Yahoo — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture

one of a race of brutes resembling men but subject to the Houyhnhnms in a novel by Jonathan Swift

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/jˈæhuː/

🇬🇧British English

/jˈahuː/

🇮🇳Indian English

/jˈahuː/

2 syllables Say it as /jˈæhuː/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

chawbacon rube hick hayseed bumpkin yokel

Word Forms

bumpkinly

adjective

awkwardly simple and provincial

Around the World

Europe

🇵🇹Portuguese

Google

uma pessoa que não é muito inteligente ou interessada em cultura

India

🇮🇳Hindi

याहू

एक व्यक्ति जो बहुत बुद्धिमान नहीं है या संस्कृति में रुचि नहीं रखता है

🇧🇩Bengali

ইয়াহু

একজন ব্যক্তি যিনি খুব বুদ্ধিমান বা সংস্কৃতিতে আগ্রহী নন

🇮🇳Tamil

யாஹூ

மிகவும் புத்திசாலி அல்லது கலாச்சாரத்தில் ஆர்வம் இல்லாத நபர்

🇮🇳Telugu

యాహూ

చాలా తెలివైన లేదా సంస్కృతిపై ఆసక్తి లేని వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

याहू

खूप हुशार किंवा संस्कृतीत रस नसलेली व्यक्ती

🇮🇳Kannada

ಯಾಹೂ

ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಬುದ್ಧಿವಂತ ಅಥವಾ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಆಸಕ್ತಿ ಇಲ್ಲದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

യാഹൂ

വളരെ ബുദ്ധിമോ സംസ്കാരത്തിൽ താൽപ്പര്യമോ ഇല്ലാത്ത ഒരു വ്യക്തി

🇵🇰Urdu

یاہو

ایک شخص جو بہت ذہین یا ثقافت میں دلچسپی نہیں رکھتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

雅虎

不太聪明或对文化不感兴趣的人

🇯🇵Japanese

ヤフー

あまり知性が高くなく、文化に興味がない人

🇰🇷Korean

야후

별로 똑똑하지 않거나 문화에 관심이 없는 사람

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

ياهو

شخص ليس ذكيا جدا أو مهتما بالثقافة

🇮🇷Persian

یاهو

فردی که خیلی باهوش یا علاقه مند به فرهنگ نیست

🇮🇱Hebrew

יאהו

אדם שאינו מאוד אינטליגנטי או מתעניין בתרבות

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The primary meaning of 'yahoo' is 'a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture'.

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