hooray

huh-RAY/həˈɹeɪ/

Noun pluralhoorays

5 meanings of hooray

1
interjection
Used to show that you are happy, excited, or have won.
Hooray! Our team finally won the match!
When the bell rang for vacation, the kids all shouted, "Hooray!"
Similaryay, hurrah, yippee, woohoo, bravo
Oppositeboo
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2
nouncountable
A happy shout that people make to celebrate winning.
The crowd let out a loud hooray when the home team scored.
A great hooray went up as the winners crossed the line.
Similarcheer, hurrah, whoop, shout
Oppositeboo
3
nouncountable
A shout that shows you are excited.
She gave a little hooray when she saw the new puppy.
The children let out a hooray at the sight of the carnival rides.
Similarcheer, whoop, shout, cry, yell
4
verbintransitive
To shout out loud because you feel excited.
The fans began to hooray as the band walked on stage.
We all hoorayed when the teacher canceled the test.
Similarcheer, whoop, shout, yell
Oppositeboo
5
nounderogatorycolloquialUKabbreviationellipsis
Short form of Hooray Henry. It means a loud, rich young man, and is used to make fun of him.
Some loud Hooray in a blazer kept ordering rounds for the whole pub.
The club was packed with Hoorays shouting about their gap years.
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Origin

Where this word comes from is not known. It was first written down in the late 1600s. It may be a changed form of "huzzah," or it may come from "hurra" in German, Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian.