hurrah
/hʊˈrɑː
/(also hurray /hʊˈreɪ/)
exclamation
Used to express joy or approval: Hurrah! She’s here at last!...
- Holiday plans to Spain were also discussed - hurrah!
- It's hoped that this will be an annual event - hurrah!
- They had disappeared when I went to bed last night, and I was like, hurrah!
noun
An utterance of the word ‘hurrah’: they gave us a loud hurrah as we went by...
- Everyone ought to lead a parade once in their life, just to experience the curious sensation of marching down the middle of the street to cheers and hurrahs.
- But when you are woken up by jugglers throwing batons and chainsaws, and all the hurrahs, that gets a little annoying.
- Actually, the Italian Prime Minister deserves a double chorus of hurrahs!
verb [no object]
Shout ‘hurrah’: we waved our swords and hurrahed...
- The young men, fired by the strong wine, shouted and hurrahed, and shrieked, and such a din arose as threatened to drown the music.
- Bridget hurrahed, and they ran home to our raised-ranch with raised-hopes!
- The whole auditorium echoed with the shouts, whistles, and clapping of the group of kids, it was certainly intoxicating to be there; one couldn't help but break out clapping, and hurrahing themselves.
Origin
Late 17th century: alteration of huzza; perhaps originally a sailors' cry when hauling.