Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • interjection Used to express joy, encouragement, or triumph.
  • noun A shout of “huzzah.”
  • noun A cheer.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • interjection nautical, dated Used as a call for coordinated physical effort, as in hoisting.
  • interjection archaic Used as a cheer indicating enjoyment or approval.
  • noun A cheer often associated with sailors, shouted by a group in praise of a thing or event.
  • verb To cheer with a huzzah sound.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Perhaps variant of Middle English hisse, heave!; see hoist.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Unknown.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word huzzah.

Examples

  • But I'll just go for "huzzah" right now. posted by Hal Duncan | 5: 45 PM

    Hurrah! Hal Duncan 2009

  • And for that I have to tip my hat and say "huzzah"!

    He Said, She Said Zoe Brain 2008

  • Everyone was confused and uncertain of what to do - until the British let out a loud "huzzah" and fired off a volley before advancing at the double quick toward you and your friends, bayonets at the ready.

    The Moderate Voice RICK MORAN 2010

  • Drew Bledsoe threw a touchdown pass to Dave Moore for the Bills, Eric Moulds caught four passes, and President Fillmore gave a rousing "huzzah" as Rohan Davey entered the game to replace Brady.

    NYT > Home Page By MIKE TANIER 2010

  • Everyone was confused and uncertain of what to do - until the British let out a loud "huzzah" and fired off a volley before advancing at the double quick toward you and your friends, bayonets at the ready.

    The Moderate Voice RICK MORAN 2010

  • About time to send a little "huzzah" to Steve Barry, don't you think?

    The Big Picture 2008

  • I'll have to do more work on it because some things are sketchy, but at least I have all my particulates in a row, huzzah.

    so yeah. stuff! tragic_elegance 2010

  • I'll have to do more work on it because some things are sketchy, but at least I have all my particulates in a row, huzzah.

    so yeah. stuff! tragic_elegance 2010

  • Then came a nice, sunny weekend, a somewhat less sunny Monday (rain in the evening – boo!), and snow again on Tuesday (huzzah!).

    Back from the Mountains 2009

  • Emily taught me how to bind off, so now I have my first finished project, huzzah!

    Monday! alphafenris 2009

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

  • I like it when Monty Burns says this on the Simpsons. (/unoriginal)

    August 12, 2007

  • I hear this almost every freakin' day at work. No, really. What's even weirder, that's the second job I've had where it's used every day.

    October 10, 2007

  • But CB, it's so 19th century. Do you work in an apothecary shop?

    Actually, 'huzzah' has attained some sort of cutesy, semi-ironic (semironic?) currency. I occasionally deploy it. I blame Mr. Burns.

    October 10, 2007

  • No, but close! A museum. (We actually have an apothecary shop.) The other job was a Renaissance Faire--where it's somewhat less surprising that you'd hear an anachronistic word...

    Is it really nineteenth century? Hmm.

    October 10, 2007

  • One day I'm going to say to someone, "huzzah, but no kudos, it wasn't THAT good".

    October 10, 2007

  • Whenever I hear kudos I think of the snack bar. Otherwise, good joke!

    October 10, 2007

  • This word is immeasurably superior to "hurrah".

    August 8, 2008

  • See this profile for a masterful example of usage.

    August 8, 2008