huzza

H4U1Z10Z10A1

A form of huzzah — Used as a call for coordinated physical effort, as in hoisting.

Scrabble 26

Meanings

interjection
  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of huzzah.
nounhuzza (plural huzzas)

plural huzzas

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of huzzah.
verbhuzza (third-person singular simple present huzzas, present participle huzzaing, simple past and past participle huzzaed)

present singular third person huzzas · participle present huzzaing · participle past huzzaed · past huzzaed

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of huzzah.

    Towns have been taken, and battles have been won; the mob has huzza'd round bonefires, the Stentor of the chappel has ſtrained his throat in the gallery, and the Stentor of S——m has deafned his audience from the pulpit.

    1710 October 1 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison, “The Whig-Examiner: No. 2. Wednesday, September 21. [1710.]”, in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; […], volume IV, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], published 1721, →OCLC, page 339

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APA

huzza. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/huzza

MLA

“huzza.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/huzza. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “huzza,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/huzza.

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