Meaning

Used to express joy, excitement, amusement, or approval; hooray..

Definitions by Sense

1. Used to express joy, excitement, amusement, or approval; hooray.
2. A noisy or boisterous gathering or activity; uproar.
3. An unsophisticated person.
4. A nonce word.
5. To make loud noises at, such as when driving horses or cattle.
6. To loudly and publicly celebrate or express support for someone or something.
7. To fool; to trick.
8. To make fun of.

Example Sentences

Then hooraw for the Tars of old England so free, The pride of the world, and the lords of the sea, The pride of the world, and the lords of the sea.

“Hooraw !” cried one of the spectators, whose red flannel shirt seemed to indicate the propriety of looking out for a new One.

"Hooraw—hooraw!" cried a dozen and a half of boys, "here be Hempror o' Roosia coming."

"Hooraw for the 'Lantas! Hooraw for the girls! Hooraw for the Institoot!" shout a hundred voices.

They march in processions and get up hooraws, And wade through the mud for the good of the cause

Today the arts had been abandoned for sport, in this case basketball, and from the hooraw going on in the corner of the room it would appear some money was riding on the outcome.

Compared to the audience at that first special session, these Marsrats didn'g partake of any shouting matches, cries for attention or self-centered complaining about quake damage. No hooraw at all, which struck me as surprising and surely disappointed Black-like-me.

We've had us one hooraw this afternoon, and that's enough.

Word Forms

• hooraws
• hoorawing
• hoorawed

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Use hooraw when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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