Hurrah (Noun)
Meaning
A victory cheer; "let's give the team a big hurrah".
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The crowd erupted into a loud hurrah when the home team scored the winning goal.
- As soon as the news of the president's resignation was announced, the crowd let out a deafening hurrah of approval.
- Let's give the team a big hurrah for a job well done.
- The hurrah that went up from the congregation when the missionary returned home after years of service overseas was tremendous.
- In the early days of World War I, soldiers would often sound a hurrah when their side scored a tactical victory against the enemy forces.