Definitions for hurrah

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hurrah hur·rah

Spelling: [huh-rah, -raw]

IPA: /həˈrɑ, -ˈrɔ/

Hurrah is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 26 anagrams from letters in hurrah (ahhrru).

Definitions for hurrah

noun

1. an exclamation of “hurrah.”.
2. hubbub; commotion; fanfare.
3. a colorful or tumultuous event; spectacle or celebration:

Idioms

1. last / final hurrah, a final moment or occasion of glory or achievement:

interjection

1. (used as an exclamation of joy, exultation, appreciation, encouragement, or the like.)

verb (used without object)

1. to shout “hurrah.”.

Origin of hurrah

First recorded in 1680-90, hurrah is from the German word hurra

Examples for hurrah

No iron mixed with miry clay, Will ever do, the people say,hurrah!

The place was cold as a barn, an' it looked like a hurrah's nest.

I fired and was reloading my gun, when I heard a hurrah behind me.

Recently the filly shied, took the bit in her teeth and—hurrah, boys!

I'm just as likely to wave my hat and hurrah as I am to do anything.

I pointed into the bushes with signs of "hurrah, it's Wahb."

There I was, though, and the crowd doin' the hurrah act for all it was worth.

If an editor at the paper will speak up for journalistic ethics, hurrah.

"hurrah, Songbird, you ought to have that set to music," cried Dick.

No other man in this our day Will ever do, the people say:hurrah!