hip-hurrah

English

Verb

hip-hurrah (third-person singular simple present hip-hurrahs, present participle hip-hurrahing, simple past and past participle hip-hurrahed)

  1. To give forth a hip hip hurrah; to express elation.
    • 1913, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Poison Belt, page 122:
      "Hence, we may argue that every amœba outside this room, instead of being dead, as you have erroneously stated, has really survived the catastrophe." "Well, even now I don't feel inclined to hip-hurrah about it," said Lord John.
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