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  • noun Plural form of huzzah.

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Examples

  • Earlier in the war, an announcement that the Iraqis were rolling up Sadr's henchmen would be greeted with unqualified huzzahs from the press and Bush administration.

    Iraq Roundup - Swampland - TIME.com 2007

  • No open arms and welcoming "huzzahs" from the Iraqi, no self-funding war, no instant democracy in the Middle East, no habeas corpus, no health care, no retirement accounts and no gosh-darn rapture.

    Paula Gordon: Magical Thinking and Magical Speaking 2008

  • The procession now re-formed, in the order in which it had arrived, and to the lilt of the gay music of the powerful band, the volatile spirits of the multitude revived, and the loud "huzzahs" rent the air as

    The Mark of the Beast Sidney Watson

  • Garner, unlike many in New York literary circles, could not quite go along with the rush of back-slapping huzzahs that greeted the publication last year of a book called The Man in the Gray Flannel Skirt by someone named Jon-Jon Goulian.

    Steve Kettmann: Best Rip Job of the Year Steve Kettmann 2012

  • Garner, unlike many in New York literary circles, could not quite go along with the rush of back-slapping huzzahs that greeted the publication last year of a book called The Man in the Gray Flannel Skirt by someone named Jon-Jon Goulian.

    Steve Kettmann: Best Rip Job of the Year Steve Kettmann 2012

  • With the support of influential fashion photographers and huzzahs from trend-setter Daphne Guinness, emerging designer Hakaan Yildirim has a promising career ahead of him, writes the Journal's Christina Binkley.

    The Future Looks Bright for Haakan 2011

  • Lou Dobbs, that paragon of choice xenophobic political battles to pick and win, hopped on this “American Otherness” bandwagon like it was the last copter out of Saigon and is riding it for all it's stupidly worth — which is pretty much just huzzahs and dittoes from the scrape-knuckled fucktards who flock to him post-their mid-afternoon Limbaugh-lovin 'refractory period.

    Archive 2009-08-01 2009

  • The trouble with the strategy is that while it draws huzzahs from the media, attacking Republicans rarely appeals to enough . . .

    Huntsman's Anti-GOP Strategy Paul A. Gigot 2011

  • Lou Dobbs, that paragon of choice xenophobic political battles to pick and win, hopped on this “American Otherness” bandwagon like it was the last copter out of Saigon and is riding it for all it's stupidly worth — which is pretty much just huzzahs and dittoes from the scrape-knuckled fucktards who flock to him post-their mid-afternoon Limbaugh-lovin 'refractory period.

    “Res-pect Mah Authori-taaaaaayyyyh!” 2009

  • I'm pretty sure these changes will be greeted with huzzahs by the uniform nerds among us, although they also mean that a lot of people will be wearing outdated Strasburg shirts next season.

    Nats to unveil uniform changes Nov. 10 Dan Steinberg 2010

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