hooray
Meaning
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Used to express approval, joy or victory.
Synonyms
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/həˈɹeɪ/
Etymology
Unknown, first attested in the late 17th c. Possible etymologies: * Alteration of huzzah. This is however questionable. * From hurra in German, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian, húrra in Icelandic, hoera in Dutch.
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