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    [Interjection]  | "hoo*ray" | \ hu̇-ˈrā \


    1: —used to express joy, approval, or encouragement


    Origin: 1686 ;

     Perhaps from German hurra;

    [Noun]  | "hur*rah" | \ hu̇-ˈrȯ \


    1: excitement, fanfare

    2: cheer

    3: fuss


    Origin: 1686 ;

    [Interjection]  | "hooray" 


    1: how delightful;


      * e.g., " ... Hooray! he cried when he heard that his team had won "



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    [Noun]  | "hurrah" 


     [ "hooray" ]

    1: an expression used when unusual extreme happiness occurs inside the body

      * e.g.,  ... Tim: Bob, you just won a million dollars!  

     [ "hooray" ]

    1: A hooray (also Hooray Benry) is in British English, an upper-class male, probably university-age or a bit older, who thinks it's amusing to be loud, and rude to social 'inferiors',and the locals, especially waitresses. (In 'Trainspotting', the book not the film, a waitress hets her revenge by putting her tampon in a Hooray's soup before she serves it to him.) They wear striped shirts and try to talk a bit deeper than normal people.

      * e.g.,  ... I'm glad I didn't go to university in Edinburgh, it's full of Hoorays. 

     [ "hooray" ]

    1: A word you say when you totally stay numb under when it happens.

      * e.g.,  ... Hooray, another rainy day 

     [ "Hooray" ]

    1: Expression used when excitement ensues.

      * e.g.,  ... Hooray for Pokey! 

     [ "Hooray" ]

    1: Strine (Australian) for Goodbye. Appears to be closely related to Hoo Roo, another Aussie/Kiwi (?) version of Goodbye.

      * e.g.,  ... Bill: See ya later Fred 

     [ "hoorays!" ]

    1: An exultation of joy, similar to hooray but on a wholly different scale.

      * e.g.,  ... You're going to give me an island of equal or lesser value? Hoorays! 

     [ "Hooray" ]

    1: the phonetic pronunciation of whore.

      * e.g.,  ... whoa man! Don't go messin' with my photoshopping! Step off hooray! 


     [ "Hooray" ]

    2: Get it -- who + re

     [ "hooray henry" ]

    1: In Monty Python terms, English upper class twits - public schoolboys who turn into oiks and behave rudely, noisily and foolishly in a group at public functions rather as European players of rugby football are commonly said to comport themselves at social events. The females of the species (rarer)are Hooray Henriettas.

      * e.g.,  ... Prince Harry and his brother are turning into right Hooray Henrys, just like all the Windsor males. 

     [ "hooray pussy" ]

    1: The term used for someone that shows promise as a long term relationship. The antithesis to "shiny pussy." Goes beyond sexual satisfaction and is usually a surprise to one that experieces it.

      * e.g.,  ...  "I thought it was gonna be a one time thing but she put that 'hooray pussy' on me." 

     [ "hooray for america" ]

    1: this expression is the type of expression you use when you aren't very excited about something, or when somebody tells you something it isn't all that interesting. its a way of saying, "i dont really care" in a way that won't hurt somebody's feeling as badly. NOTE: IT IS TO BE USED IN A SARCASTIC TONE.

      * e.g.,  ... person #1- i am so excited for chess championships tomorrow 

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