Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- interjection Used to express exuberance or delight.
- noun An unrefined and often loud or disruptive person. synonym: boor.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Imitative.]
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From Yahoo, member of a race of brutes in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.]
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