See huzzah on Wiktionary
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"links": [
[
"transitive",
"transitive"
],
[
"intransitive",
"intransitive"
],
[
"cheer",
"cheer#Verb"
],
[
"huzzah",
"huzzah#Interjection"
],
[
"sound",
"sound#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, intransitive) To cheer (someone or something) with a huzzah sound."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/həˈzɑː/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑː"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-huzzah.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6b/En-us-huzzah.ogg/En-us-huzzah.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/En-us-huzzah.ogg"
},
{
"audio": "en-uk-huzzah.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b6/En-uk-huzzah.ogg/En-uk-huzzah.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/En-uk-huzzah.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "huzza"
}
],
"word": "huzzah"
}
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