hooray
/ (huːˈreɪ) /
a variant of hurrah
Also: hooroo (huːˈruː) Australian and NZ goodbye; cheerio
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How to use hooray in a sentence
Wrong wrong wrong, I report happily (and hooray for my Maryland, and the other states approving same-sex marriage).
Various Thoughts: Demography, Rove, Morris, the Great Nate, &c. | Michael Tomasky | November 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTWell, he may be on TBS now, but NBC is still in his crosshairs…and hooray for that!
Still, let's leave it like this: hooray for you, Julianne Moore!
The songs, which have creaky titles like “All that Razz” and “hooray for What's-not-good,” are belted out with pitchy gusto.
"hooray," yelled Mr. Gibney, and dashed at the post which held Captain Scraggs prisoner.
Captain Scraggs | Peter B. Kyne
Upon hearing his sentence he lifted up his voice and shouted, "hooray!"
The Log of a Sea-Waif | Frank T. BullenAdvancing in extended order, about twenty of the enemy were challenged, and they all cheered, shouting "hooray."
Instead of the lowing of cattle and the bleating of sheep, was the rattle of the drum and the "hooray" of the volunteers.
An Artilleryman's Diary | Jenkin Lloyd JonesThen all the courtiers round about murmured their congratulations, the audience that filled the theatre shouted 'hooray!'
Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories For Children | Julian Hawthorne
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