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hurrahing

hurrahing is the present participle and gerund of hurrah.

Meaning 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

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Noun

hurrahing (plural hurrahings)

  1. A cry of hurrah.
    • National Guards and Soldiers of the line […] fall into disorderly street-processions, constitutional unmilitary exclamations and hurrahings.1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter III, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume II (The Constitution), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book II (Nanci), page 79

Forms of hurrahing

pluralhurrahings

Questions about hurrahing

What does hurrahing mean?
Hurrahing means a cry of hurrah.
What is hurrahing the present participle and gerund of?
Hurrahing is the present participle and gerund of hurrah.
What part of speech is hurrahing?
Hurrahing is a noun.
What is the plural of hurrahing?
The plural of hurrahing is hurrahings.

Words near hurrahing in the dictionary

  1. hurra
  2. hurraed
  3. hurrah
  4. hurrah's nest
  5. hurrahed
  6. hurrahing
  7. hurrahings
  8. hurrahs
  9. hurraing
  10. hurras
  11. hurray

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