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▪ I. wahoo1|wəˈhuː|
Also waahoo, whahoo.
[Indian name.]
1. The N. American shrub Euonymus atropurpureus.
1860A. Gray Man. Bot. 81 Euonymus atropurpureus..Burning-Bush, Waahoo. 1866Treas. Bot., Wahoo. 1903Nancy H. Banks Round Anvil Rock 158 The bright wahoo with its graceful cluster of flame-coloured berries.
2. U.S. The winged elm, Ulmus alata, or a closely related tree. Also attrib.
1770E. Mease Jrnl. 28 Nov. in Publ. Mississippi Hist. Soc. Centenary Ser. (1925) V. 62 The Trees which I remark'd to be the largest were Oaks of different kinds, Wahoos, Button Wood, [etc.]. 1832D. J. Browne Sylva Amer. 308 The Wahoo is a stranger to the Middle and Northern States. 1873Newton Kansan 27 Mar. 1/7 One ounce of wahoo (winged-elm) bark, added to a quart of pure whiskey..is very excellent in dyspepsia. 1969T. H. Everett Living Trees of World xiv. 130/2 The wahoo elm..is usually characterized by branchlets having two broad corky wings.
▪ II. wahoo2|wəˈhuː|
[Origin unknown.]
A large marine fish, Acanthocybium solandri, belonging to the family Scombridæ and found in tropical seas.
[1905D. S. Jordan Guide to Study of Fishes II. xvi. 266 Still larger is the great guaho, or peto, an immense sharp-nosed, swift-swimming mackerel found in the East and West Indies.] 1909Cent. Dict. Suppl. 1429/2 Wahoo..A common name of Acanthocybium solandri, a scombroid fish of tropical seas. 1920Outing July 248/3 He had fished for—and caught—many a most unheard of species, as well as sharks, sword-fish, wahoo, etc. 1940Geogr. Jrnl. XCV. 130 These fish [sc. kingfish] which the Americans call wahoo, are beautifully shaped surface feeders. 1979United States 1980/81 (Penguin Travel Guides) 517 The white marlin capital of the world sends fishermen out to the Jackspot..for dolphin, bonita, tuna, and wahoo.
▪ III. wahoo, v. orig. and chiefly U.S.
Brit. |ˌwɑːˈhuː|, |wəˈhuː|, U.S. |ˈˌwɑˈˌhu|
[‹ wahoo int.]
intr. To shout ‘Wahoo!’.
1936Nevada State Jrnl. 9 Aug. 1/4 Wahoo [sc. a chimpanzee] wahooed so long and so loud that nobody could hear the wahooings of the orchestra. 1943W. Stegner Big Rock Candy Mountain iv. 200 The boy saw the blue sparks jumping from the magneto box and heard his father wahoo. 1989G. Keillor We are still Married (1990) 140, I tried yipping and wahooing, even something sort of like yodeling. 2000T. Robbins Fierce Invalids home from Hot Climates 374 ‘Me? Double-oh seven?.. Negative, darling. I had a double-oh oh. License to wahoo.’ She knew that by wahoo he was referring to a cry of exhilaration, an exclamation of nonsensical joy.
▪ IV. wahoo, int. orig. and chiefly U.S.
Brit. |ˌwɑːˈhuː|, |wəˈhuː|, U.S. |ˈˌwɑˈˌhu|
[Imitative. Compare yahoo int.]
An exclamation used to express excitement, enthusiasm, or delight, or to attract attention.
1904Washington Post 24 June 3/5 The old stage coach long-drawn yell ‘Wahoo’ was echoed through the hall. 1943 wahoo v.1951in V. Randolph Pissing in Snow (1976) 118 She kept a-hollering ‘Wahoo! Wahoo!’ 1983P. Fussell Class vii. 167 Noise and vociferation identify the proles, who shout ‘Wahoo!’ at triumphant moments in games. 2000Red Herring Mar. 416/3 It's $150 million's worth of nothing right now... But if they get even one company to market, then wahoo! |