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Definition of Hurrah
1. Noun. A victory cheer. "Let's give the team a big hurrah"
2. Verb. Shout 'hurrah!'.
Definition of Hurrah
1. interj. A word used as a shout of joy, triumph, applause, encouragement, or welcome.
2. n. A cheer; a shout of joy, etc.
3. v. i. To utter hurrahs; to huzza.
4. v. t. To salute, or applaud, with hurrahs.
Definition of Hurrah
1. Interjection. Expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness. ¹
2. Noun. A cheer; a cry of ''hurrah!''. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive intransitive) To give a hurrah (to somebody). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hurrah
1. to cheer [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: cheer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hurrah
Literary usage of Hurrah
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 (1864)
"Treachery cowers, hurrah ! Down reels the rebel rag 1 Up shoots the starry flag !
High, like a beaconed crag, Let its light flash around All through the ..."
2. The Liberty Minstrel by George Washington Clark (1845)
"Ten thousand slaves have run From Georgia to Canada ; hurrah! ... Je Birney's
name the one you hurrah ! hurrah! hurrah! et not a soul his ballot lose, ..."
3. "Our Women in the War.": The Lives They Lived; the Deaths They Died. From by Charleston News and Courier, S.C, News and Courier, Charleston, S.C. (1885)
"hurrah! hurrah ! hurrah! hurrah! I'd rather far be splitting rails. hurrah!
When (Irst 'twas told In Washington, Old Abram said, "my mission done. ..."
4. Life in Germany; Or, Scenes, Impressions, and Every-day Life of the Germans by William Howitt (1849)
"hurrah ! Already it is tendered, To thee my life surrendered; Ah ! were we so
... hurrah ! hurrah ! hurrah ! The bridal night's red morning Breaks to the ..."
5. Cullings from the Confederacy: A Collection of Southern Poems, Original and by Nora Fontaine M. Davidson (1903)
"hurrah! By a Mississippian. hurrah for the Southern Confederate States, ...
hurrah for their daughters, the fairest of earth, And her sons ever loyal and ..."
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