Meaning

2 senses

  1. Used to express approval, joy or victory.

    Lizzie has broken a world record, and she is now an Olympic medallist! – Hooray!

    hurra!

    ура́urá, сла́ваsláva

    ура́urá, сла́ваsláva

  2. (Australia, colloquial)Goodbye.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Hip hip hooray!

    Гіп гіп ура! — deniko

    ruГип-гип ура! — marafon

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  2. Hooray, I get to sleep in.

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  3. Hooray! We have another dreamy, starry-eyed idealist to disenfranchise and oppress!

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  4. Hooray for Dutch farmers!

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
elated expression of approval:
Русский
By meaning 1
elated expression of approval:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
elated expression of approval:

Origin

Unknown, first attested in the late 17th c. Possible etymologies:

Unknown, first attested in the late 17th c. Possible etymologies:

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Forms

Synonyms

2 synonyms
expression of approval:well done
expression of joy:yay

Word family

1 related words
Derivedboo-hooray

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hooliganhoophoothooterhoover

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