wahoo

noun

a North American elm which yields useful timber.

late 18th century: perhaps from Creek ahá-hwa ‘walnut’.

noun

a North American spindle tree.

mid 19th century: from Dakota, literally ‘arrow wood’.

noun

a large predatory tropical marine fish of the mackerel family, prized as a game fish.

early 20th century: of unknown origin.

exclamation

another word for yahoo².

1940s: probably a natural exclamation.