hooray

Plural: hoorays

Noun

a victory cheer
A shout to signify victory.
An expression of excitement.
Ellipsis of Hooray Henry.

Intj

Used to express approval, joy or victory.

Verb

Verb Forms: hoorayed, hooraying, hoorays

To shout with joy or approval; to cheer.
To shout an expression of excitement.

Examples

Lizzie has broken a world record, and she is now an Olympic medallist! – Hooray!
The entire Words With Friends audience would HOORAY if I could manage to play ’QI’ on a triple word score.

Origin / Etymology

Unknown, first attested in the late 17th c. Possible etymologies:
* Alteration of huzzah. This is however questionable.
* From hurra in German, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian, húrra in Icelandic, hoera in Dutch.

Synonyms

hurrah, well done, yay

Scrabble Score: 12

hooray: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
hooray: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hooray: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

hooray: valid Words With Friends Word