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hurrah exclamation [ hʊˈrɑː ]

• 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.


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