"Wow," in Black British vernacular

• Sound from a bowl
• Cheerleader's sound
• Olé, in Omaha
• When repeated, eager
• A kind of cheer
• Relative of olé
• Cheerleader's cheer
• Major London concert venue, initially
• Cheering cry

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
in cheers, 1870, a shortening of hurrah . Adjective rah-rah is attested from 1907, originally indicating college life generally, later enthusiastic cheerleading.