hooray
exclamation
[ hʊˈreɪ ]
• used to express joy or approval.
• "This book has won all sorts of prizes. Hooray!"
• goodbye.
• "‘Hooray George, promise you'll come back.’"
Origin:
late 19th century (in hooray (sense 2)): variant of hurrah.
hurrah
exclamation
• used to express joy or approval.
• "Hurrah! She's here at last!"
hurrah
noun
• an utterance of the word ‘hurrah’.
• "they gave us a loud hurrah as we went by"
hurrah
verb
• shout ‘hurrah’.
• "we waved our swords and hurrahed"
Origin:
late 17th century: alteration of huzza; perhaps originally a sailors' cry when hauling.
