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Definition of Hooray
1. Noun. A victory cheer. "Let's give the team a big hurrah"
Definition of Hooray
1. Interjection. Used to express approval, joy or victory. ¹
2. Noun. A shout to signify victory. ¹
3. Noun. An expression of excitement. ¹
4. Verb. To shout an expression of excitement. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hooray
1. to hurrah [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: hurrah
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hooray
Literary usage of Hooray
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"They've the men to do the fighting— There's no use in scratchin' and bitin' ;
hooray ! hooray ! hooray ! Dixie Land ! To live and die in Dixie ! ..."
2. Tait's Edinburgh Magazine by William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone (1851)
"What if the dawn be dark, When evening still remains? Dance, attorney true, Dance,
Briefless, too ! That brought the news to-day ; hooray ! hooray ! hooray ..."
3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1887)
"You must know -(' hooray, hooray, hooray ! *) " And at this period my dear friend
was silenced by our being carried away in an irresistible stream to the ..."
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