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wahoo

/ˈwɑ.hu/

wahoo noun: acanthocybium solandri, a tropical and subtropical game fish.

wahoo: acanthocybium solandri, a tropical and subtropical game fish
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Noun (1)

wahoo (plural wahoos)

  1. Acanthocybium solandri, a tropical and subtropical game fish.
    Synonyms:
    ono

Noun (2)

wahoo (plural wahoos)

  1. (Southern US) The winged elm, Ulmus alata.

Noun (3)

wahoo (plural wahoos)

  1. Euonymus atropurpureus, an eastern burning bush.

Interjection

  1. A cry of pleasure or enthusiasm.
    Synonyms:
    wahey, yahoo, yay

Proper noun capitalized: Wahoo

Wahoo

  1. A ghost town in California.
  2. An unincorporated community in Florida.
  3. A city, the county seat of Saunders County, Nebraska.
  4. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.

wahoo meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

wahoo in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

wahoo in Malayalam

fish
നെന്മീൻ nenmīṉ
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Dhivehi
ކުރު މަސް kuru mas, ތޯރާމަސް tōrāmas

Synonyms of wahoo

Forms of wahoo

pluralwahoos
alternative form (archaic)whahoo

Plural of wahoo: wahoos

Origin of wahoo

Perhaps from Wahoo, an obsolete spelling of Oahu, where the fish is found.

From Creek uhawhu.

From a Dakota word, the first element of which is cognate to Lakota waŋ (“arrow”).

Questions about wahoo

What does wahoo mean?
Wahoo means acanthocybium solandri, a tropical and subtropical game fish.
What is wahoo in Tamil?
Wahoo in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Wahoo meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is wahoo?
Wahoo can be a noun, an interjection or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce wahoo?
Wahoo is pronounced /ˈwɑ.hu/ (US).
What is the plural of wahoo?
The plural of wahoo is wahoos.

Words near wahoo in the dictionary

  1. wahmens
  2. WAHMs
  3. Wahn
  4. Wahnes's parotia
  5. Wahnes's parotias
  6. wahoo
  7. wahoos
  8. WAHP
  9. Wahpekute
  10. Wahpeton
  11. WAHPs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wahoo (page history and authors); Wahoo (page history and authors); wahoo (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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