hooray
/həˈɹeɪ/
hooray interjection: used to express approval, joy or victory. Also the ellipsis of Hooray Henry.
Interjection
- Used to express approval, joy or victory.
- Lizzie has broken a world record, and she is now an Olympic medallist! – Hooray!
- goodbye.
- “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
Noun
hooray (plural hoorays)
- A shout to signify victory.
- An expression of excitement.
Verb
hooray (third-person singular simple present hoorays, present participle hooraying, simple past and past participle hoorayed)
Also used as
hooray is also the ellipsis of Hooray Henry.
hooray meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu
hooray in Hindi
- हूरे, हुरे
hooray in Tamil
- ஹூரே, ஹூரேக்கு
hooray in Marathi
- हुरे, हूरे
hooray in Telugu
- హూరే, హురే
More languagesFewer languages
- hooray in Malayalam
- ഹുറെ, ഹൂറേ, ഹുറേ
- hooray in Punjabi
- ਹੂਰੇ, ਹੁਰੇ
- hooray in Gujarati
- હૂરે, હુરે
- hooray in Odia
- ହୁରେ
- hooray in Nepali
- हुरी
- hooray in Vietnamese
- hoan hô, vạn tuế
Synonyms of hooray
Forms of hooray
| Interjection | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | hurray |
| alternative form | hurrah |
| alternative form | huzzah |
| alternative form | hoorah |
| alternative form | hooroo |
| Noun | |
| plural | hoorays |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | hoorays |
| present participle | hooraying |
| past participle | hoorayed |
| past | hoorayed |
Origin of hooray
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.
Words formed from hooray
Phrases with hooray
Words that rhyme with hooray
Questions about hooray
- What does hooray mean?
- Hooray means used to express approval, joy or victory.
- What is hooray in Hindi?
- Hooray in Hindi is हूरे, हुरे. See Hooray meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hooray?
- Hooray can be an interjection, a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce hooray?
- Hooray is pronounced /həˈɹeɪ/.
Words near hooray in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hooray (page history and authors); hooray (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hooray (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hooray (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hooray (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hooray (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hooray (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hooray (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hooray (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hooray (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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