hooray
Britishinterjection
interjection
Explanation
Use the word hooray when you have something to celebrate. Hooray is usually shouted or called out in a happy voice. You might shout, "Hooray!" when your favorite team wins a basketball tournament, or when your best friend receives a special honor during graduation. Hooray is a great word to write in response to someone's good news. The exclamation hooray was first used in the late 1600's, right around the same time as its synonym, hurrah. Huzza and huzzah are older words with the same meaning, and all of them are very similar to cheers in German, Danish, and Swedish.
Example Sentences
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Hooray for the tort system—words you might not expect to read if you don’t remember that a properly functioning legal system helps capitalism proceed without force or fraud.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Hooray for King County Councilmember Reagan Dunn for telling it like it is.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2023
More importantly, by its very existence Hooray Foods chooses optimism.
From Salon • May 24, 2022
Wilson has displayed her rapping skills in the past as she famously posted a video to Instagram of herself rapping to Naughty By Nature’s "Hip Hop Hooray."
From Fox News • Sep. 19, 2021
“An invitation? Really? Oh, Fredrick, that is the best news I have had since arriving in London! Hooray, hooray!”
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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