happy-birthday

Interjection

Said or written to a person who is celebrating his or her birthday in order to convey the good wishes of the speaker or writer (literally, "may you have a happy birthday")
When Stuart entered the room, everybody yelled, "Happy birthday!"

Verb

(third-person singular simple present happy birthdays, present participle happy birthdaying, simple past and past participle happy birthdayed)

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