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ooroo

/ˈuːɹuː/

ooroo is the alternative form of hooroo.

Meaning of hooroo

Interjection

  1. 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
  2. (Australia, colloquial) Goodbye.
    • “I′d better be going. Hooroo.”
    • “Hooroo.”1980, The Bulletin, volume 100, page 329

See all 3 meanings of hooroo

Forms of ooroo

alternative formhooroo

Origin of ooroo

From 1700s British hooray or hurray, affected by h-dropping. Alternately, may come from Thurawal uru.

Questions about ooroo

What is ooroo the alternative form of?
Ooroo is the alternative form of hooroo.
How do you pronounce ooroo?
Ooroo is pronounced /ˈuːɹuː/.

Words near ooroo in the dictionary

  1. Ooriya
  2. Ooriyas
  3. Oorja
  4. Oorlam
  5. Oorlams
  6. ooroo
  7. Oort
  8. Oort cloud
  9. Oort clouds
  10. Oorts
  11. oorud

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ooroo (page history and authors); hooroo (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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