hurrooint.n.
/hʌˈruː/ 1. A cry expressive of triumph or exultant excitement.
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1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. Hurroo, a halloa.
1891 E. L. Wakeman in Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch Oct. 29 They came with wild whoop and hurroo carrying their prize on their shoulders.
2. Australian. (Also hooroo and other variants.) = hooray int.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous expressions [interjection] > expressions of farewell
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vale?1555
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1913 J. Stephens Here are Ladies 102 [He] called hurroo to the boys, and sauntered out of the place with a great deal of dignity and one week's wages in cash.
1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 36 Hooroo.
1942 E. Langley Pea Pickers ii. viii. 171 ‘Hurrooo!’ Off he went, through the dead gums, to catch the boat to Bairnsdale.
1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. xiv. 251 Some authentic local equivalents [of so long!]..are hooray! aroo! and see you!..employed for many years, especially in rural areas, to denote ‘good-bye’.
1963 A. Lubbock Austral. Roundabout 83 Be seein' yer soon in England. Hooray! Aroo! Good on yer, Pom.
1969 Coast to Coast 1967–8 74 The others have, one by one,..lurched off—‘Hooroo!’ ‘Seeya, mate!’
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