hooray
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 6
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Definition of hooray
6 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
intj
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Used to express approval, joy or victory.
“Lizzie has broken a world record, and she is now an Olympic medallist! – Hooray!”
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intj
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Used to express approval, joy or victory.
“Lizzie has broken a world record, and she is now an Olympic medallist! – Hooray!”
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(Australia, colloquial)goodbye.
““And I told him, ‘I even guarantee I’ll take (the girl) to the airport and put her on a plane and wave, Hooray’.””
noun
- A shout to signify victory.
- An expression of excitement.
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(UK, abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, derogatory, ellipsis)Ellipsis of Hooray Henry.
“The Caribbean isn’t just for minor royals and hedge-fund hoorays. […] But the hurricanes had not struck the southern Caribbean (they rarely do), and the hedge fund hoorays were clearly confined to Mustique.”
verb
- To shout an expression of excitement.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Unknown, first attested in the late 17th c. Possible etymologies: * Alteration of huzzah. This is however questionable. * From hurra in German, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian, húrra in Icelandic, hoera in Dutch.
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