Definition of Hoorays

1. Noun. (plural of hooray) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of hooray) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hoorays

1. hooray [v] - See also: hooray

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoorays

hoopskirt
hoopskirts
hoopster
hoopsters
hooptie
hoopties
hoopty
hoorah
hoorahed
hoorahing
hoorahs
hooray
hooray for Hollywood
hoorayed
hooraying
hoorays (current term)
hoorays for Hollywood
hoord
hoords
hooroo
hooroosh
hoose
hoosegow
hoosegows
hooses
hoosgow
hoosgows
hoosh
hooshed
hooshes

Literary usage of Hoorays

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handley Cross by Robert Smith Surtees (1903)
"The crier dissolves the court, and James Pigg, frantic with delight, hoorays, and hoops, and yells, and proclaims that he'll he the death of a sovereign I ..."

2. The Chap-book by Herbert Stuart Stone (1895)
"... and " hoorays," and shuttered shops, and an outpour of citizens ; a day festive, yet solemn, pregnant with mysterious dooms and destines, fatal, ..."

3. The Leisure Hour edited by William Haig Miller, James Macaulay, William Stevens (1894)
"... though J. more peaceful, than that just recorded. Loud the old comrade, next for his discoverer. The cheers and hoorays were raised, ..."

4. Peter Parley's Annual. by William Martin (1869)
"and " hoorays'" to— Please to remember The fifth of November, 'Tis gunpowder, treason, and plot; We see no reason Why gunpowder treason Should ever be ..."

5. Satires and Profanities by James Thomson (1884)
"... vividly sugesting that the Muslim saints burst into rapturous and prolonged hoorays on first perceiving them. He may also have the wives he had here ..."

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