Huzzah

This article is about the exclamation. For other uses, see Huzzah (disambiguation).
"Hurrah" and "Hooray" redirect here. For other uses, see Hurrah (disambiguation) and Hooray (disambiguation).
"Hazzah" redirects here. For the Egyptian biologist, see Leela Hazzah.
Not to be confused with Hussar.

"Huzzah" on a sign at a Fourth of July celebration

Huzzah (sometimes written hazzah; originally spelled huzza and pronounced huh-ZAY, now often pronounced as huh-ZAH;[1][2] in most modern varieties of English hurrah or hooray) is, according to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), "apparently a mere exclamation".[3] 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.[4]

  1. ^ https://www.dictionary.com/browse/huzzah [bare URL]
  2. ^ "You say 'huzzah', they said 'huzzay'"
  3. ^ OED[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Huzzah". dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 25 November 2016.