2. Interjection. (Australia colloquial) Goodbye. ¹
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Definition of Hooroo
1. goodbye [interj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hooroo
Literary usage of Hooroo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Contemporary French Novelists: And Other Tales from India by William Henry Denham Rouse, William Crooke, William Heath Robinson, René Doumic, Mary D. Frost (1922)
"hooroo ! hooroo !" he shrieked. " A Man ! Hoo- roo ! ... hooroo !" The Elephant
swished his trunk all round him in his excitement. ..."
2. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia by Philip Parker King (1827)
"... or hooroo- hooroo of the Society Islands ; lo-ooroo of the Friendly Islands ;
hooroo of New Zealand ; and, perhaps, ..."
3. The Wit and Humor of America by Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1911)
"Both sides had their frinds that give th' col- ledge cries. Says wan crowd: 'Take
an ax, an ax, an ax to thim. hooroo, hooroo ..."
4. Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War by Finley Peter Dunne (1899)
"Both sides had their frinds that give th' colledge cries. Says wan crowd: ' Take
an ax, an ax, an ax to thim. hooroo, hooroo ..."
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