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hurrah

/həˈɹɑː/

hurrah interjection: expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness.

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

Noun

hurrah (plural hurrahs)

  1. A cheer; a cry of hurrah!.

Verb

hurrah (third-person singular simple present hurrahs, present participle hurrahing, simple past and past participle hurrahed)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To give a hurrah (to somebody).
    • Boys’ basketball boosters say something is missing in the stands at away games, cheerleaders resent not being able to meet their rivals on the road, and even female basketball players being hurrahed are unhappy.2007 January 14, Winnie Hu, “Equal Cheers for Boys and Girls Draw Some Boos”, in New York Times

hurrah meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malay

hurrah in Hindi

expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
जय हो jay ho

hurrah in Urdu

خوشی کا نعرہ

hurrah in Bengali

hurrah; hurray
মরহাবা morhaba, মারহাবা marhaba, আফরীন afrīn

hurrah in Malay

expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
hore
More languagesFewer languages
hurrah in Indonesian
hore
hurrah in Persian
هورا hurâ
hurrah in Thai
ไชโย chai-yoo
hurrah in Vietnamese
hoan hô, vạn tuế

Synonyms of hurrah

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Forms of hurrah

Interjection
alternative formhoorah
alternative formhooray
alternative formhurra
alternative formhurray
Noun
pluralhurrahs
Verb
third-person singular presenthurrahs
present participlehurrahing
past participlehurrahed
pasthurrahed

Origin of hurrah

Unknown. Possibly adopted from German hurra, itself of uncertain origin, or possibly an alteration of huzzah.

Words formed from hurrah

Words that rhyme with hurrah

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Questions about hurrah

What does hurrah mean?
Hurrah means expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness.
What is hurrah in Hindi?
Hurrah in Hindi is जय हो (jay ho). See Hurrah meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is hurrah?
Hurrah can be an interjection, a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce hurrah?
Hurrah is pronounced /həˈɹɑː/.

Words near hurrah in the dictionary

  1. hurpling
  2. hurr
  3. hurr durr
  4. hurra
  5. hurraed
  6. hurrah
  7. hurrah's nest
  8. hurrahed
  9. hurrahing
  10. hurrahings
  11. hurrahs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hurrah (page history and authors); hurrah (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); আফরীন (Bengali) (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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