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hooray
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hooray has 1 sense
- hooray(n = noun.communication) hurrah - a victory cheer; "let's give the team a big hurrah" is a kind of cheer
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hooray, int.
1 = HURRAH.
2 Austral. & NZ goodbye.
1 = HURRAH.
2 Austral. & NZ goodbye.
Idiom
Hooray Henry Brit. sl. a rich ineffectual young man, esp. one who is fashionable, extroverted, and conventional.
Etymology
var. of HURRAH
THESAURUS
hooray
alleluia, applaud, applause, cheer, chorus of cheers, cry, cry for joy, give a cheer, hallelujah, hosanna, hurrah, hurray, huzzah, paean, rah, shout, shout hosanna, yell, yippee
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