Meaning

2 senses

  1. Hooray.

    1981, Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Splinters, Rigby, page 182, ‘Hooroo! Hooroo! Hooroo!’ she shouted, tossing handfuls of instant confetti over their happy heads.

  2. (Australia, colloquial)Goodbye.

    2009, Peter Yeldham, A Distant Shore, Penguin Group, unnumbered page, ‘Hooroo.’ It had always been her inevitable parting word. ‘Hooroo, Mrs Wheatley. Don′t forget next week.’

Origin

From 1700s British hooray or hurray, which was also used in Australia to mean goodbye.

From 1700s British hooray or hurray, which was also used in Australia to mean goodbye.

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Forms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hoophoorayhoothooterhoover

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