huzzah
interjection
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L334068 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /həˈzɑː/
intj
Etymology: Likely originally a hoisting cry, possibly related to hoise. Compare possibly to the cognate Swedish hissa (“to hoist; huzzah”), Spanish izar (“to hoist”) and French Ho, hisse! (“Hey, hoist!”). First attested in the 1570s.
- Used as a call for coordinated physical effort, as in hoisting.
- Used as a cheer indicating exaltation, enjoyment, or approval.
“Deposed King: 'KING KNIGHT REIGNS NO MORE? HUZZAH! NOW I CAN RULE PRIDEMOOR! HURRAH!'”
noun
Etymology: Likely originally a hoisting cry, possibly related to hoise. Compare possibly to the cognate Swedish hissa (“to hoist; huzzah”), Spanish izar (“to hoist”) and French Ho, hisse! (“Hey, hoist!”). First attested in the 1570s.
- A cheer often associated with sailors, shouted by a group in praise of a thing or event.
“The night that she was awakened by the loud huzzah of the Watchman on her palace roof, she thrilled with the hope that her vengeance awaited only the arrival of the propitious hour.”
verb
Etymology: Likely originally a hoisting cry, possibly related to hoise. Compare possibly to the cognate Swedish hissa (“to hoist; huzzah”), Spanish izar (“to hoist”) and French Ho, hisse! (“Hey, hoist!”). First attested in the 1570s.
- To cheer (someone or something) with a huzzah sound.
“Towns have been taken, and battles have been won; the mob has huzza'd round bonefires, the Stentor of the chappel has ſtrained his throat in the gallery, and the Stentor of S——m has deafned his audience from the pulpit.”
“In the course of his table-talk, during the French war, the ex-chancellor once remarked that, though the Prussian people huzza'd and beclapped their great Frederick when alive, […]”