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rah

[ rah ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

interjection

rah

/ rɑː /

Origin of rah¹

First recorded in 1865–70; short for hurrah

The seemingly heroic stance of ACOG and the rah-rah for consumers need to be set into proper context.

After a tense, at times laughable chase, comes the kind of rah-rah moment that amps up the audience for the rest of the film.

As I wrote this morning, it's true right now that right-wing pundits are trying to rah-rah his statements.

An enduring example of their seeming distance from the more "rah rah" Bush crowd came on Election Day, 2008.

We are asking you in the name of this Valley, make a way for Sah-rah, even in the political arena!

Then he was passed by Beatty, who spurted to get to the front, and this gave Harvard an opportunity to "hoo-rah."

He had sent for him as a car-rah-dy to attend her when she was ill; but he either could not or would not obey the summons.

On the following morning he was visited by a car-rah-dy, who came express from the north shore.

And if you catch her chewing gum, or flirting with a rah-rah chum, then take a strap and make things hum, Wilhelmina!

Spelled “Bihaura,” it sounded like Bee-ah-oo-rah, with every syllable sharply emphasized.

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