Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- interjection Used as an exclamation of pleasure, approval, elation, or victory.
- noun A shout of “hooray.”
- noun Excitement; fanfare.
- intransitive verb To applaud, cheer, or approve (someone or something) by shouting “hooray.”
- intransitive verb To shout “hooray.”
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- interjection Used to express
approval ,joy orvictory . - noun A shout to signify victory.
- noun An expression of excitement.
- verb To
shout an expression of excitement.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a victory cheer
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The full tracklisting is provided handily on the back in English, hooray!
MIO (MIQ) - L-Gaim & Starlight Shower tenshi_a 2007
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The full tracklisting is provided handily on the back in English, hooray!
Archive 2007-12-01 tenshi_a 2007
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I'm no hipster, but even I know that the word "hooray" should NEVER be used except ironically.
Archive 2008-02-01 2008
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The diagram is more about actions one should take to be in the "hooray" zone, more so than fitting a certain job into these categories.
The Road To Happiness In Your Work Lies In The Hooray! Zone | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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I'm no hipster, but even I know that the word "hooray" should NEVER be used except ironically.
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So "hooray" for SecondLife - you've just told me that a simple honest person paying cash can NOT pay for an account. --so it seems from this end of the wire.
On Linden Lab's Contingency Measures to Ensure Service as Second Life Grows - SLOG 2007
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Millions of ruined knees shout "hooray" or they would, if knees had mouths.
chocolate yendi 2004
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And when they turned in the drive and Teddy and Hal walked off to the barn, the sleighbells jingling like Christmas chimes in the air, they shouted "hooray" again, one and all.
Half-Past Seven Stories Robert Gordon Anderson
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But recognizing directly that it was land, he cried out "hooray" which is the English exclamation of joy or applause, and asked for some drink money.
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"Hooray!" replied the crowd, and a feeble "hooray"'was heard from between the logs of old Miller's hut.
Romance of California Life John Habberton 1881
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