rah

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interjection

(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)

Origin of rah

First recorded in 1865–70; short for hurrah

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Related Words for rah

approve, encourage, hurrah

Examples from the Web for rah

Contemporary Examples of rah

An enduring example of their seeming distance from the more "rah rah" Bush crowd came on Election Day, 2008.
The Cheney You Don't Know
Matt Latimer
October 12, 2010

Historical Examples of rah

Even the sulky Crow joined in at last with a "'Rah, 'rah, 'rah!"
Bannertail
Ernest Thompson Seton
As he took his seat, while his chums cheered and shouted Rah, Rah, Elmwood!
Tom Fairfield's Schooldays
Allen Chapman
Seems to me what you want in those kind of songs is a lot of rah, rah, hullabaloo!
Weatherby's Inning
Ralph Henry Barbour
Others are rah (Phaseolus radiatus) and mothi (Phaseolus aconitifolius).
Kashmir
Sir Francis Edward Younghusband
Eugene had previously noted the peculiarity of this rowdy, rah!
The "Genius"
Theodore Dreiser

British Dictionary definitions for rah

rah

interjection

informal, mainly US short for hurrah

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Word Origin and History for rah

in cheers, 1870, a shortening of hurrah. Adjective rah-rah is attested from 1907, originally indicating college life generally, later enthusiastic cheerleading.