"hip hip hooray" meaning in English

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Interjection

Etymology: Recorded as far back as 1803. The word hip was in use then as a meaningless syllable to get someone's attention. Hooray (or hurrah) goes back to 1686, and also had no specific meaning, used instead to get a person's attention. A folk etymology for this interjection suggests it comes from the anti-Semitic 1819 German Hep-Hep riots, however many examples of "Hip Hip" exist in English prior to 1819, for example: * 1813, Edmond Temple, The Life of Pill Garlick, London, page 243: The first toast “Success to Pill Garlick lick and his saucy crew,” was drank with nine times nine, hip! hip! hip! and a hoorra! The tumult was excessive. Etymology templates: {{quote-book|en|author=Edmond Temple|location=London|page=243|text=The first toast “Success to Pill Garlick lick and his saucy crew,” was drank with nine times nine, hip! hip! hip! and a hoorra! The tumult was excessive.|title=The Life of Pill Garlick|url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=kqMQAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA243#v=onepage&q&f=false|year=1813}} 1813, Edmond Temple, The Life of Pill Garlick, London, page 243: The first toast “Success to Pill Garlick lick and his saucy crew,” was drank with nine times nine, hip! hip! hip! and a hoorra! The tumult was excessive. Head templates: {{en-interj|head=hip hip hooray}} hip hip hooray
  1. An exclamation of congratulations and/or celebration, especially in response to a call for "three cheers for" the person. Often the person calling for the cheers will yell "Hip! Hip!", the crowd replying "Hooray!" Wikipedia link: Hep-Hep riots Synonyms: hip hip hoorah, hip hip hurrah Related terms: three cheers Translations (an exclamation of congratulations): مَرْحَى! (marḥā!) (Arabic), 万岁!万岁!万万岁! (Chinese Mandarin), hip, hip, hurá (Czech), hieperdepiep hoera (Dutch), hiep hiep hoera (Dutch), hip hip hip hourra (French), hipp, hipp, hurra (German), hip hip hip urrà (Italian), hip hip hip hurrà (Italian), hipp hipp hurra (Norwegian), hip, hip, hurra (Polish), hip hip hurra (Portuguese), гип-ги́п ура́ (gip-gíp urá) (Russian), гип-ги́п-ура́ (gip-gíp-urá) (Russian), hip hip hurra (Spanish), hipp hipp hurra (Swedish)

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