Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A common name of Acanthocybium solandri, a scombroid fish of tropical seas.
- noun A North American shrub, the burning-bush, Euonymus atropurpureus, ornamental in autumn for its pendulous capsules, revealing in dehiscence the bright-scarlet arils of its seeds. Its bark is the officinal euonymus, credited with cholagogic and laxative properties.
- noun The bearberry of the Pacific United States, Rhamnus Purshiana, the source of cascara sagrada, perhaps so called from its medicinal affinity to the former.
- noun The winged elm, Ulmus alata, a small tree with corky winged branches, found southward in the United States. The wood is unwedgeable, and is largely used for hubs, blocks, etc. The name has also been applied to Tilia heterophylla (see
Tilia ) and to the Japanese quince (which see, underquince ). - noun Also written
waahoo (this form being sometimes used distinctively in sense 1) and whahoo.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A dark blue scombroid food fish (
Acanthocibium solandri orAcanthocibium petus ) of Florida and the West Indies. - noun A certain shrub (
Evonymus atropurpureus ) having purple capsules which in dehiscence expose the scarlet-ariled seeds; -- called alsoburning bush . - noun Cascara buckthorn.
- noun Basswood.
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- noun
Acanthocybium solandri, a tropical and subtropical game fish - noun Euonymus atropurpureus, a burning bush.
- noun southern US The winged elm, Ulmus alata.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large fast-moving predacious food and game fish; found worldwide
- noun deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
- noun upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds; the eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texas
Etymologies
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Examples
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All over the floor long strips of "wahoo" bark were spread, and these the old man was weaving into horse-collars.
Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser Frederick Stuart 1881
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All over the floor long strips of "wahoo" bark were spread, and these the old man was weaving into horse-collars.
Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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Six pairs of hands shot up with screams of "wahoo".
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Six pairs of hands shot up with screams of "wahoo".
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A show of five pairs of hands with a loud "wahoo" from everyone including Christine herself, one of Kody Brown's three wives.
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If toothy fish are in the area and of interest, such as wahoo, a wire leader and different bait is deployed.
unknown title 2009
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A show of five pairs of hands with a loud "wahoo" from everyone including Christine herself, one of Kody Brown's three wives.
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Then I give a whispered "wahoo" before quietly walking downstairs to begin my day.
Apron Thrift Girl 2008
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Those structures also provide essential habitat and food for pelagic species -- such as tuna, wahoo, marlin and dolphin.
Susan Buchanan: Louisiana Reef Fund Plundered During Budget Balancing Susan Buchanan 2011
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PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't have dakota fanning in "New Moon" she will destroy it!!! can't wait march 21st wahoo! iamgrasshopper (1/23/2009 9: 32: 06 AM)
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slumry commented on the word wahoo
an exclamation, a tree, a fish. . .a refrain in a Red Clay Ramblers song.
June 27, 2007