hooroo
/həˈɹuː/
hooroo interjection: hooray.
Interjection
- Hooray.
- Placing it triumphantly on the mahogany desk before him, he exclaims — “Hooroo ! Ho-ooo-roo-ooo ! in a husky voice, and sinks exhausted on a satin divan. “What′s the row, Hiram?” all cry, gathering eagerly about him. “Hooroo! I′m a rich man! I′ve got my patent!”1886, The Yale Courant, volume 22, number 11, page 149
- Every brown cap was swung in the air. “Hooray! Hooray! Hooroo!” rang the cheers.1901–02, Herminie Templeton Kavanagh, Darby O'Gill and the Good People, McClure's Magazine, reprinted 1903, Reilly & Britton, page 80
- Goodbye.
- “I′d better be going. Hooroo.”
- “Hooroo.”1980, The Bulletin, volume 100, page 329
Verb
hooroo (third-person singular simple present hooroos, present participle hoorooing, simple past and past participle hoorooed)
- To give a cheer of "hooroo".
Forms of hooroo
| Interjection | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | ooroo |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | hooroos |
| present participle | hoorooing |
| past participle | hoorooed |
| past | hoorooed |
Origin of hooroo
From 1700s British hooray or hurray, which was also used in Australia to mean goodbye.
Questions about hooroo
- What does hooroo mean?
- Hooroo means hooray.
- What part of speech is hooroo?
- Hooroo can be an interjection or a verb.
- How do you pronounce hooroo?
- Hooroo is pronounced /həˈɹuː/.
Words near hooroo in the dictionary
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