hooray

alternative hurray · alternative hurrah · alternative huzzah · alternative hoorah · alternative hooroo

1. Used to express approval, joy or victory.

   Lizzie has broken a world record, and she is now an Olympic medallist! – Hooray!

   Synonyms: well done, yay

2. Australiacolloquialgoodbye.

   “And I told him, ‘I even guarantee I’ll take (the girl) to the airport and put her on a plane and wave, Hooray’.”

   2026 April 18, Janet Albrechtsen, “The Good, the Bad and the (Ugly): Why Pauline Hanson’s influence has never been stronger”, in The Australian

plural hoorays · alternative hurray · alternative hurrah · alternative huzzah · alternative hoorah · alternative hooroo

1. A shout to signify victory.
2. An expression of excitement.
3. UKabbreviationcolloquialderogatoryellipsisEllipsis of Hooray Henry.

   The Caribbean isn’t just for minor royals and hedge-fund hoorays. […] But the hurricanes had not struck the southern Caribbean (they rarely do), and the hedge fund hoorays were clearly confined to Mustique.

   2017 November 26, Kevin Rushby, “Caribbean dream: mixing it up in the Grenadines”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

present singular third person hoorays · participle present hooraying · participle past hoorayed · past hoorayed · alternative hurray · alternative hurrah · alternative huzzah · alternative hoorah · alternative hooroo

1. To shout an expression of excitement.

   Synonyms: hurrah