/ Dictionary / Index Y Yahoo: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: Ya•hoo Pronunciation: (yä'h, yā'-, yä-h'), [key] — pl. -hoos. (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. (l.c.) an uncultivated or boorish person; lout; philistine; yokel. (l.c.) a coarse or brutish person. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: yahoo (Thesaurus) Yahgan Yahrzeit Related Content Daily Word Quiz: tenacious Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language