hooray

• hurray, hurrah, huzzah, hoorah

Unknown, first attested in the late 17th c. Possible etymologies:

• Alteration of huzzah. This is however questionable.
• From hurra in German, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian, húrra in Icelandic, hoera in Dutch.

• IPA^(key): /həˈɹeɪ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪ

hooray

1. Used to express approval, joy or victory.

   Lizzie has broken a world record, and she is now an Olympic medallist! – Hooray!

• (expression of approval): see Thesaurus:well done
• (expression of joy): see Thesaurus:yay

hooray (plural hoorays)

1. A shout to signify victory.
2. An expression of excitement.
3. (UK, colloquial, derogatory) Ellipsis of Hooray Henry.
   • 2017 November 26, Kevin Rushby, “Caribbean dream: mixing it up in the Grenadines”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The Caribbean isn’t just for minor royals and hedge-fund hoorays. […] But the hurricanes had not struck the southern Caribbean (they rarely do), and the hedge fund hoorays were clearly confined to Mustique.

hooray (third-person singular simple present hoorays, present participle hooraying, simple past and past participle hoorayed)

1. To shout an expression of excitement.

• hurrah

• yarooh