Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: hurrah
IPA transcription: [hʊɹ'ɑ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: hurrah, hooray
    Meaning: a victory cheer; "let's give the team a big hurrah"
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: hurrah
    Meaning: shout `hurrah!'
Usage examples
  • Hurrah!
  • "Hurrah for Karamazov!" Kolya shouted ecstatically.
  • No; he gave a loud "Hurrah!" picked up his sword, and fought his way back, the enemy hard after him.
  • He pressed on, shouting "Hurrah!" till he got to his own side again, and then he reached his colonel.
  • Hurrah for Karamazov!" Kolya cried once more rapturously, and once more the boys took up his exclamation: "Hurrah for Karamazov!"
  • But the sailor had not gone fifty paces when he stopped, and again uttering a tremendous hurrah, pointed towards the angle of the cliff,--
  • I will not be positive about "the Spanish Main," but it was hurrah for something O. I considered them very jolly fellows, and so indeed they were.
  • The battalions shouted "Hurrah!" and "Vive l'Empereur!" Napoleon said something to Alexander, and both Emperors dismounted and took each other's hands.
  • Five minutes later Daniel Burton entered the kitchen--a proceeding so extraordinary that Susan broke off her song in the middle of a "Hurrah" and grew actually pale.