Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A sailors' name of the Histiophorus americanus, or sail-fish. Also called woohoo.
  • A word imitating the sound of noisy weeping.
  • To cry noisily; blubber outright.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) The sailfish; -- called also woohoo.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb intransitive To cry, weep.
  • noun The woohoo, or sailfish.

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  • hello :)

    October 19, 2011

  • Aniin! Boozhoo!

    October 19, 2011