hurrah

 
Pronunciation: /hʊˈrɑː/
(also hooray, hurray /hʊˈreɪ/)

exclamation

  • used to express joy or approval: Hurrah! She’s here at last!

noun

  • an utterance of the word ‘hurrah’: they gave us a loud hurrah as we went by

verb

[no object]
  • shout ‘hurrah’: we waved our swords and hurrahed

Origin:

late 17th century: alteration of huzza; perhaps originally a sailors' cry when hauling