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HOORAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hooray mean? 

HOORAY (noun)
  The noun HOORAY has 1 sense:

1. a victory cheerplay

  Familiarity information: HOORAY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HOORAY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A victory cheer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

hooray; hurrah

Context example:

let's give the team a big hurrah

Hypernyms ("hooray" is a kind of...):

cheer (a cry or shout of approval)


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