hooray

Meanings

1. 1
   interj

   used to express joy, approval, or celebration

   Hooray! We finished the work before the storm arrived.

2. 2
   noun

   a shout of hooray expressing approval or victory

   The announcement was greeted with a loud hooray from the crowd.

An eighteenth-century variant of hurrah, probably influenced by similar cheering cries in several European languages. The exact route is uncertain; hurray is another common spelling.

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