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hur⋅rah

  [huh-rah, -raw]
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–interjection
1. (used as an exclamation of joy, exultation, appreciation, encouragement, or the like.)
–verb (used without object)
2. to shout “hurrah.”
–noun
3. an exclamation of “hurrah.”
4. hubbub; commotion; fanfare.
5. a colorful or tumultuous event; spectacle or celebration: We celebrated the centennial with a three-day hurrah.
—Idiom
6. last or final hurrah, a final moment or occasion of glory or achievement: The new play will be her last hurrah as an actress before she retires.
Also, hur⋅ray  [huh-rey] , hooray, hoorah.

Origin:
1680–90; < G hurra
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hur·rah   (hŏŏ-rä', -rô', hə-)   
interj.  Used as an exclamation of pleasure, approval, elation, or victory.
n.  

  1. A shout of "hurrah."

  2. Excitement; fanfare.

v.   hur·rahed also hoo·rayed or hur·rayed, hur·rah·ing also hoo·ray·ing or hur·ray·ing, hur·rahs also hoo·rays or hur·rays

v.   tr.
To applaud, cheer, or approve (someone or something) by shouting "hurrah."
v.   intr.
To shout "hurrah."

[Alteration of huzzah.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

hurrah 
1686, alteration of huzza, apparently infl. by similar shouts in Ger., Dan., Swed. May have been picked up during Thirty Years' War. According to Moriz Heyne, this was the battle-cry of Prussian soldiers during the War of Liberation (1812-13). Hooray is its popular form and is almost as old.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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