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huzzah
[huh-zah]
interjection
(used as an exclamation of joy, applause, appreciation, etc.) hurrah!
noun
the exclamation “huzzah.”
an instance of giving praise or applause; accolade.
The newspaper's review was one big huzzah for the new movie.
verb (used without object)
to shout “huzzah.”
verb (used with object)
to salute with huzzahs.
huzzah
/ əˈɑː /
interjection
an archaic word for hurrah
Other Word Forms
- unhuzzahed adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of huzzah1
Example Sentences
President Joe Biden is offering—finally, huzzah, too late—is a framework for imagining what that could look like in the United States.
When I told Julie that I planned to live for a year constitutionally—muskets, quill pens, and all—her reaction was not “Huzzah!”
The good news, as the “Arizona huzzah!” headlines suggest, is that, now quoting Justice Samuel Alito in Dobbs, “women are not without electoral or political power.”
Stewart, phenomenal as ever, has two great line readings under two syllables: “Yup” and “Huzzah.”
Commenting on the news on Instagram, Hammond said she was "so excited about this" while O'Leary wrote: "Huzzah! Welcome to the fam."
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When To Use
Huzzah is a word to shout when you want to celebrate something.Huzzah is an interjection, meaning it’s a term used to express emotion, often outside of a sentence.Huzzah is sometimes spelled huzza. Similar and related words are hurrah, hoorah, hooray, and hurray (all of which probably derive from or were influenced by huzzah). All of these words are used in the same way—as a celebratory exclamation (something to shout in celebration).Huzzah started as something to shout out loud, but today it’s probably pretty rare for people to literally shout “Huzzah!” It sounds very old-timey—perhaps even more so than hurrah—and people are more into yelling woo! and woo-hoo! But huzzah is still used as an interjection in informal, conversational writing, such as social media posts and texts. To show appreciation for something in particular, you might write huzzah for followed by that thing, as in Huzzah for three-day weekends!Huzzah can be used as a verb meaning to shout huzzah.It can also be used to refer to a cheer of huzzah (as in a big huzzah from the crowd) or to an instance of praise (as in You got quite the huzzah from the boss today).Example: Huzzah! The package I ordered is here!
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