hooray

/ huːˈreɪ /

interjection

1. a variant of hurrah

interjection

1. Also: hooroo. goodbye; cheerio

Example Sentences

“Hooray, hooray!” the Incorrigibles shouted, for they knew what the sound meant.

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She was well aware that the “hoorays” made five cheers, not three, but there was no need to split hairs.

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“An invitation? Really? Oh, Fredrick, that is the best news I have had since arriving in London! Hooray, hooray!”

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Then again, the experience humiliates Carrie to such an extent that she slaughters everyone at her prom and limps off to die in the woods, so . . . hooray, feminism?

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“And lots of them don’t work, so you say ‘hooray’ when they do.”

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Related Words

• cry 
• exclamation 
• expletive 
• insertion 
• interpolation 
• interposition 
• shout