Hoorah vs Hurrah - What's the difference?
hoorah | hurrah | Alternative forms |
(intransitive) To give a hurrah (to somebody).
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 14, author=Winnie Hu, title=Equal Cheers for Boys and Girls Draw Some Boos, work=New York Times
, passage=Boys’ basketball boosters say something is missing in the stands at away games, cheerleaders resent not being able to meet their rivals on the road, and even female basketball players being hurrahed are unhappy.}}
Hurrah is a alternative form of hoorah.
As interjections the difference between hoorah and hurrah
is that hoorah is an alternative spelling of lang=en while hurrah is expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness.As a noun hurrah is
a cheer; a cry of hurrah!.As a verb hurrah is
to give a hurrah (to somebody).hurrah
English
Alternative forms
* hoorah, hooray, hurraySynonyms
* (expression of approval) see * (expression of joy) seeDerived terms
* the last hurrahVerb
(en verb)citation