yarooh, int.
(jaˈruː)
Also yaroo.
A humorous stylized representation of a cry of pain. (One of Billy Bunter's characteristic exclamations: see quots.)
| 1909 Magnet 20 Nov. 4/2 ‘Oh!’ roared Bunter, as Bulstrode's heavy boot biffed on him. ‘Ow! Yah! Yarooh!’ 1918 Ibid. 8 June 12/2 ‘Don't keep me waiting, or I shall help you on—like that!’ ‘Yarooh!’ 1940 ‘G. Orwell’ in Horizon Mar. 178 ‘Oooogh!’, ‘Grooo!’ and ‘Yaroo!’ (stylized cries of pain). 1953 Manch. Guardian Weekly 23 July 11/2 With a ‘Yarooh!’ on nearly every page William G. Bunter is on the war-path again. 1972 Guardian 21 Jan. 1/5 ‘Yarooh!’ they yelled... ‘Get out, you cad!’ 1977 M. Amis in A. Thwaite My Oxford 205 A sign reading ‘Yaroo—College Squit!’ suspended from my neck. |