| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb huzza.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (huzza) | 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] | |
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Date "HUZZAING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1801. (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 | ||
