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hurroo, int. (n.)|hʌˈruː|
1. A cry expressive of triumph or exultant excitement.
1824Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl., Hurroo, a halloa. 1891E. L. Wakeman in Columbus (O.) Dispatch Oct. 29 They came with wild whoop and hurroo carrying their prize on their shoulders.
2. Austral. (Also hooroo and other variants.) = hooray int.
1913J. Stephens Here are Ladies 102 [He] called hurroo to the boys and sauntered out of the place with a great deal of dignity and one week's wages in cash. 1941Baker Dict. Austral. Slang 36 Hooroo. 1942E. Langley Pea Pickers ii. viii. 171 ‘Hurrooo!’ Off he went, through the dead gums, to catch the boat to Bairnsdale. 1945,1963Aroo [see hooray int.] 1969Coast to Coast 1967–68 74 The others have, one by one,..lurched off—‘Hooroo!’ ‘Seeya, mate!’ |