var. of hurray
hooray
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hooray
or hur·rah or hur·ray
interjection
Used as an exclamation of pleasure, approval, elation, or victory.
noun
- A shout of “hooray.”
- Excitement; fanfare.
verb
hoo·rayed, hoo·ray·ing, hoo·rays, also hur·rahed hur·rah·ing hur·rahs or hur·rayed or hur·ray·ing or hur·raysverb
transitiveTo applaud, cheer, or approve (someone or something) by shouting “hooray.”
verb
intransitiveTo shout “hooray.”
Origin of hooray
Alteration of huzzahTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Interjection
Noun
(plural hoorays)
- A shout to signify victory.
- An expression of excitement.
Verb
(third-person singular simple present hoorays, present participle hooraying, simple past and past participle hoorayed)
- To shout an expression of excitement.
Origin
First attested in the late 17th C. Unknown
| alteration of huzzah. This is however questionable. Another plausible etymology is from Turkic war cry урра (urra), which means encircle or surround in Tatar, made its way to Slavic languages as ура (urá) in 12-13 century, and later to the Germanic languages: hurra in German, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian and húrra in Icelandic. |
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