hip-hurrah

English

Verb

hip-hurrah (third-person singular simple present hip-hurrahs, present participle hip-hurrahing, simple past and past participle hip-hurrahed)

To give forth a hip hip hurrah; to express elation.
- 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “A Diary of the Dying”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC, page 122:
  "Hence, we may argue that every amœba outside this room, instead of being dead, as you have erroneously stated, has really survived the catastrophe." "Well, even now I don't feel inclined to hip-hurrah about it," said Lord John.

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