- a variation of hoorah.
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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There were shouts of "hip hip hooray" as bride Sperling arrived along with her three bridesmaids, Phillips' children Savannah, 15, and Isla, 14, as well as Sperling's teenage daughter Georgina.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
Apple also has the Brad Pitt movie “F1,” so… hooray for corporate synergy!
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026
Gail, on the other hand, is an original character, and my response to her introduction was mostly “hooray Catherine O’Hara, hooray therapy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2025
Instead, the story would have been ‘Hip, hip hooray for the courage of these papers.’
From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2022
“Hooray, hooray, splendid, hooray!” she cried in her shrill little voice.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
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