"hurray" meaning in English

See hurray in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /həˈɹeɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hurray.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -eɪ Head templates: {{en-interj}} hurray
  1. Alternative form of hooray. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hooray
    Sense id: en-hurray-en-intj-dCj6Vhw1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Verb

IPA: /həˈɹeɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hurray.wav [Southern-England] Forms: hurrays [present, singular, third-person], hurraying [participle, present], hurrayed [participle, past], hurrayed [past]
Rhymes: -eɪ Head templates: {{en-verb}} hurray (third-person singular simple present hurrays, present participle hurraying, simple past and past participle hurrayed)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To cheer with a "hurray". Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-hurray-en-verb-Kus~CXWy

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for hurray meaning in English (2.3kB)

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