When Do You Say Hurray?

When Do You Say Hurray?

—used to express joy, approval, or encouragement Hip, hip, hooray! Hooray! I got the job!

Is it hooray or hurray?

Hooray is sometimes spelled hurray. Hooray started as something to shout out loud, but today it's probably pretty rare for people to literally shout “Hooray!” But hooray is still often used as an interjection in informal, conversational writing, such as social media posts and texts.

Can you say hurray?

Hurray is another version of the same word. They are interchangeable and can be used in all the same contexts to mean all the same things. Of the two, hooray is the more widely used spelling.

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