hurrah

hurrah
interj.
1. hurray, hallelujah, huzzah, rah, yippee, yippee-yi-o, hot diggetty, hot dog, hot snaps; three cheers, hip hip hooray, hip hip hurrah; boola boola, brackety-ax-co-ax-co-ax, oo-sa-sa; how to go, that's showin' 'em, way to go, hail hail, bravo; Japanese, banzai, It. viva, Fr. vive, Ger. hoch; hosanna, praise the Lord, glory be, glory be to God, glory to God, Islam. hamd'Allah.
2. interjection, exclamation, ejaculation, yell, cheer; exultance, exultation, elation, exuberance; hubbub, commotion, fanfare.

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  • Hurrah — Hur*rah , v. i. To utter hurrahs; to huzza. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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