| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A shout of huzza; a cheer; a hurrah.[Websters]. | |
| Verb | 1. To shout huzza; to cheer.[Websters]
2. To receive or attend with huzzas.[Websters] 3. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: huzzaing, huzzaed, huzzas, huzzaer, huzzaers, huzzaingly and huzzaedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Interjection | 1. A word used as a shout of joy, exultation, approbation, or encouragement.[Websters]. | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "HUZZA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1518. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HUZZA
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] A shout of joy; a foreign word used in writing only, and most preposterously, as it is never used in practice. The word used in our native word hoora, or hooraw.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Slang in 1811 | HUZZA. Said to have been originally the cry of the huzzars or Hungarian light horse; but now the national shout of the English, both civil and military, in the sea phrase termed a cheer; to give three cheers being to huzza thrice. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Interjection] Alternative spelling of huzzah. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
