Meaning & use

hooray

interjection·Everyday

An exclamation of joy, approval, or triumph.

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Hooray, we finally finished the project on time!

The crowd shouted hooray as the fireworks lit up the sky.

A note on using this word

'Horray' is a common misspelling of 'hooray'; the standard variants are 'hooray' and 'hurrah.'

Words with a similar meaning

hurrayhurrah

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