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hoorah

/ˈhu.ɹɑː/

hoorah is the alternative form of hurrah.

hoorah is the alternative form of oorah.

Meaning of hurrah

Interjection

  1. Expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness.
    • Oh, she's speaking to me! Hurrah.1999 January 20, Anthony Horowitz et al., “Death's Shadow”, in Midsomer Murders
    Synonyms:
    well done, yay

See all 3 meanings of hurrah

Meaning of oorah

Interjection

  1. (US) The official yell for the US Marines.

Forms of hoorah

Noun
pluralhoorahs
Verb
third-person singular presenthoorahs
present participlehoorahing
past participlehoorahed
pasthoorahed

Phrases with hoorah

Questions about hoorah

What is hoorah the alternative form of?
Hoorah is the alternative form of hurrah.
How do you pronounce hoorah?
Hoorah is pronounced /ˈhu.ɹɑː/.

Words near hoorah in the dictionary

  1. hooptees
  2. hooptie
  3. hoopties
  4. hoopty
  5. hoopy
  6. hoorah
  7. hoorah's nest
  8. hoorahed
  9. hoorahing
  10. hoorahs
  11. hooraw

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hoorah (page history and authors); hurrah (page history and authors); oorah (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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