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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. interj. Used to express joy, encouragement, or triumph.
  2. n. A shout of "huzzah.”
  3. n. A cheer.

Wiktionary

  1. interj. nautical, dated Used as a call for coordinated physical effort, as in hoisting.
  2. interj. archaic Used as a cheer indicating enjoyment or approval.
  3. n. A cheer often associated with sailors, shouted by a group in praise of a thing or event.
  4. v. To cheer with a huzzah sound.

Etymologies

  1. Unknown. (Wiktionary)
  2. Perhaps variant of Middle English hisse, heave!; see hoist. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “But I'll just go for "huzzah" right now. posted by Hal Duncan | 5: 45 PM”

    Hurrah!

  • “And for that I have to tip my hat and say "huzzah"!”

    He Said, She Said

  • “Everyone was confused and uncertain of what to do - until the British let out a loud "huzzah" and fired off a volley before advancing at the double quick toward you and your friends, bayonets at the ready.”

    The Moderate Voice

  • “Drew Bledsoe threw a touchdown pass to Dave Moore for the Bills, Eric Moulds caught four passes, and President Fillmore gave a rousing "huzzah" as Rohan Davey entered the game to replace Brady.”

    NYT > Home Page

  • “About time to send a little "huzzah" to Steve Barry, don't you think?”

    The Big Picture

  • “Emily taught me how to bind off, so now I have my first finished project, huzzah!”

    Monday!

  • “I'll have to do more work on it because some things are sketchy, but at least I have all my particulates in a row, huzzah.”

    so yeah. stuff!

  • “Then came a nice, sunny weekend, a somewhat less sunny Monday (rain in the evening – boo!), and snow again on Tuesday (huzzah!).”

    Back from the Mountains

  • “I don't think there will be a lot of huzzah during the Sony Conference, except for the obvious God of War 3 stuff.”

    E3 2009, Day 1: Microsoft, Microsoft, Microsoft

  • “Should it go ahead, I think my agent has engaged himself to being my stalwart, huzzah!”

    Event Interest Gauge.

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synonyms (5)

Words with the same meaning

  1. hurray
  1. hooray
  1. heave
  1. hurrah
  1. heave-ho

same context (15)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. unbricker
  2. hallelujah
  3. thanswahili'
  1. hurray
  2. admonishments
  3. hurra
  1. bustline
  2. puttee
  3. candleholder
  1. hooray
  2. receiver/transmitter
  3. handclasp
  1. momentariness
  2. minidress
  3. ice-sheet

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  • bilby See this profile for a masterful example of usage. Aug 8, 2008

  • crunchysaviour This word is immeasurably superior to "hurrah". Aug 8, 2008

  • arby Whenever I hear kudos I think of the snack bar. Otherwise, good joke! Oct 10, 2007

  • seanahan One day I'm going to say to someone, "huzzah, but no kudos, it wasn't THAT good". Oct 10, 2007

  • chained_bear No, but close! A museum. (We actually have an apothecary shop.) The other job was a Renaissance Faire--where it's somewhat less surprising that you'd hear an anachronistic word...

    Is it really nineteenth century? Hmm. Oct 10, 2007

  • john But CB, it's so 19th century. Do you work in an apothecary shop?

    Actually, 'huzzah' has attained some sort of cutesy, semi-ironic (semironic?) currency. I occasionally deploy it. I blame Mr. Burns. Oct 10, 2007

  • chained_bear I hear this almost every freakin' day at work. No, really. What's even weirder, that's the second job I've had where it's used every day. Oct 10, 2007

  • arby I like it when Monty Burns says this on the Simpsons. (/unoriginal) Aug 12, 2007

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