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interjection

variants or huzza
Definition of huzzahnext
as in hey
how delightful the beleaguered soldiers cried, "Huzzah!" as badly needed reinforcements appeared

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huzzah

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noun

variants or huzza
as in hurrah

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Recent Examples of huzzah
Noun
For Chicagoans, the naming of a new pope brought not only pride among Catholics, but huzzahs across White Sox fandom. — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026 The Texas walkout drew a collective huzzah, with the chief Democratic group focused on state legislative power calling on their members to retaliate in spades. — Philip Elliott, Time, 4 Aug. 2025 Her final months in office have included great huzzahs in her honor, including receiving the Charlotte Rotary Club’s Excellence in Leadership Award and being named Charlotte Woman of the Year. — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 10 June 2025 Dallas lost Joe Pavelski to retirement, and huzzah, but added Brendan Smith, Matt Dumba and Ilya Lyubushkin to the defensive mix. — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2024 The studio also gets huzzahs for an ultimately perfect release date. — Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2024 Sweden may have come out victorious at Eurovision 2023 (for the seventh time, at that), but England had the last huzzah with a tribute to some of Liverpool's most famous musical acts. — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 14 May 2023 That’s 1 point for getting it in 3 and 0 points for tying Wordle Bot (who guessed slate / briny / ninth the lucky ducky) for a grand total of 1 huzzah. — Erik Kain, Forbes, 5 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for huzzah
  1. hey
  2. hurrah
  3. ha
  4. hallelujah
  5. bravo
Interjection
  • But, hey, there’s always the possibility that AI might steal their job before any of that happens.
    — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
  • But hey, YouTube and a cruddy degradation stream can rock too.
    — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 17 July 2026
Definition of hey
Noun
  • The Socceroos' World Cup is over after losing to Egypt on penalties on Friday, but before their heartbreak, Australian fans had one final hurrah.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
  • The final hurrah with the World Cup at stake.
    — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 31 May 2026
Definition of hurrah
Interjection
  • Julia Masli didn’t indiscriminately choose to employ seven ha’s in the title of her show.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2026
  • We’re certainly gone from the days of teams avoiding trading within the conference or, ha, the division.
    — David Aldridge, New York Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of ha
Noun
  • Cronenworth hit a grounder to the left side in last night’s eighth inning, crossed first base before the throw and raised his hands in a sort of hit hallelujah.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • What better time to shout hallelujah than Easter Sunday?
    — Jorie Nicole McDonald, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
Definition of hallelujah
Noun
  • Heard ‘bravo, bravo, bravo’ over the announcements.
    — Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Mentoring and advice to the nonprofit world, all good and bravo and yes.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
Definition of bravo

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