Meaning & use
hoorah
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used to express joy, enthusiasm, or approval, especially in celebration of a success
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Hoorah! We finally finished the marathon.
The crowd shouted hoorah as the fireworks lit up the sky.
A note on using this word
A variant spelling of 'hooray' and 'hurrah'; all three are interchangeable exclamations of triumph or excitement.
Words with a similar meaning
hoorayhurrah
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