Definitions for Wahoo

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Wahoo wa·hoo

Spelling: [wah-hoo, wah-hoo]

IPA: /wɑˈhu, ˈwɑ hu/

Wahoo is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 26 anagrams from letters in Wahoo (ahoow).

Definitions for Wahoo

noun

1. any of various American shrubs or small trees, as the winged elm, Ulmus alata, or a linden, Tilia heterophylla.
2. a shrub or small tree, Euonymus atropurpurea, of North America, having finely serrated, elliptical leaves and pendulous capsules that in opening reveal the bright-scarlet arils of the seeds.
3. a large, swift mackerel, Acanthocybium solanderi, widespread in warm seas, of a steel blue to greenish blue above and silver below, often leaping from the water and occasionally schooling in great numbers: valued as a food and game fish.

interjection

1. (an exclamation used to express joy, excitement, etc.)

Origin of Wahoo

An Americanism dating back to 1760-70; origin uncertain

Examples for Wahoo

It will be believed that I did not leave wahoo without the deepest regret.

Three days later they rallied to meet General Call, who was advancing upon wahoo swamp with over a thousand men.

One separated from the others and shot down into the Valley of the wahoo.

The detachment would pass on its march within a short distance of wahoo Swamp and might easily be surprised and overpowered.

A sobering article on gang rape inside a UVA fraternity has wahoo alumni like myself up in arms.

"wahoo," the common name in the South, is probably of Indian origin.

Rumor said that the truce in the wahoo Valley was near an end.

The heartwood of wahoo is white, with a slight tinge of orange.

For the toll of death in the wahoo Valley was cruel and inexorable.

The leaves, bark, and fruit of the wahoo are acrid and are reputed to be poisonous.