What (who) is Wahoo! - definition
Wahoo!
UNITED STATES-BASED CORPORATION WHICH BUILT FIBERGLASS RECREATIONAL BOATS FROM 1985 TO 1996
Wahoo! boats; Wahoo boats; Wahoo (company); WAHOO!
To show extreme excitement.
I just won a million dollars. Wahoo!
I just won a million dollars. Wahoo!
Wahoo
SPECIES OF FISH
Acanthocybium; Acanthocybium solandri; Ono (fish); Wahoo fish
·add. ·noun Cascara buckthorn.
II. Wahoo ·add. ·noun Basswood.
III. Wahoo ·add. ·noun Any of various American trees or shrubs;.
IV. Wahoo ·add. ·noun A dark blue scombroid food fish (Acanthocibium solandri / petus) of Florida and the West Indies.
V. Wahoo ·add. ·noun A certain shrub (Evonymus atropurpureus) having purple capsules which in dehiscence expose the scarlet-ariled seeds;
- called also burning bush.
wahoo
SPECIES OF FISH
Acanthocybium; Acanthocybium solandri; Ono (fish); Wahoo fish
wahoo1 [w?:'hu:]
¦ noun
1. (also wahoo elm) a North American elm which yields useful wood. [Ulmus alata.]
2. a North American spindle tree. [Genus Euonymus: two species.]
Origin
C18: sense 1 perh. from Creek aha-hwa 'walnut'; sense 2 from Dakota, literally 'arrow wood'.
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wahoo2 [w?:'hu:]
¦ noun a large predatory tropical marine fish of the mackerel family, prized as a game fish. [Acanthocybium solanderi.]
Origin
early 20th cent.: of unknown origin.
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wahoo3 [w?:'hu:]
¦ exclamation N. Amer. another way of saying yahoo2.
Pronunciation examples for Wahoo!
1. SPEAKER: Wahoo!
Detroit's Food Resurgence _ Chef Marc Djozlija _ Talks at Google
2. So this is on a Wahoo Kickr, which
Faster, Higher, Stronger _ Mark McClusky _ Talks at Google
3. coming from Garmin or a Suunto or a Wahoo or a Polar,
Biking With Mark _ Mark Gainey _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of Wahoo!
1. The Wahoo was sunk by the Japanese navy as it returned from its seventh patrol on Oct. 11, 1'43.
2. Under the command of Dudley Mush‘‘ Morton, the Wahoo became one of the most famous U.S. submarines of World War II.
3. He was arrested in Cleveland during the 1''7 World Series and again in 1''8 during protests against the Cleveland Indians‘ mascot, Chief Wahoo.
4. The ITAR–Tass news agency said that a diving team from the Far Eastern State Technological University in Vladivostok found the USS Wahoo in the La Perouse Strait and took pictures of it during a recent expedition.
5. Kroloff says the city should offer incentives to people to trade flooded–out homes for ones in higher neighborhoods. Any rational, sane person would have to agree we should encourage people to live in the highest, driest places,‘‘ he says. I mean, what madman would say, Wahoo, here we go into the swamps!‘?‘‘ If New Orleans fails to get a workable plan together, investors will be hesitant to put money into the city, planners say. A lot of people are holding their money back pending an affirmation that the city really has a broader idea of where it‘s going in the future.