Crossword clues for huzzah
huzzah
Wiktionary
interj. 1 (context nautical dated English) (non-gloss definition: Used as a call for coordinated physical effort, as in hoisting). 2 (context rare literary poetic English) (non-gloss definition: Used as a cheer indicating enjoyment or approval.) n. A cheer often associated with sailors, shouted by a group in praise of a thing or event. vb. To cheer with a '''huzzah''' sound.
Wikipedia
Huzzah (sometimes written hazzah; originally huzza, and in most modern varieties of English hurrah or hooray) is, according to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), "apparently a mere exclamation". The dictionary does not mention any specific derivation. Whatever its origins, it has seen occasional literary use since at least the time of Shakespeare, as the first use was in 1573, according to Merriam-Webster.
Huzzah is an English exclamation.
Huzzah may also refer to:
- Huzzah, Missouri, an unincorporated community in Crawford County, Missouri
- Huzzah Creek, a stream in the U.S. state of Missouri
- Huzzah, a character in Clive Barker's novel Imajica
- Huzzah Sound, a company founded by the Australian sound designer Andrew Plain
Usage examples of "huzzah".
Will watched Tom Tilley, a man who never smiled, hang on a backstay like a gigantic inflated sheep tick whooping and huzzahing as if someone had made him rich.
So Daniel huzzahed, as lustily as his dry pipes and creaky ribs would permit, and was astounded to see the way people came a-running: not only the Quality from their town-houses, but hooligans and Vagabonds from bonfire-strewn fields to the north, to throng around Roger and cheer him.
So in the midst of the attempt to order the steamboats into a convoy for the passage upstream, two big rowboats swung out into the river, with six men pulling at the oars of each and another dozen or so under arms, many of them foolishly standing up and huzzahing their own bravado.
The congregation by now was really getting into the spirit of things and hosannas were being called out on all sides, accompanied by amens, huzzahs, and much rending and tearing of clothes.
The applause and huzzahs seemed to go on forever, and when it finally did subside, it was only at Gerrid Thul’s urging as he clearly had more to say.
All those men who had cried such huzzahs in my name were now shouting out that same name in rage.