hip hip hooray

== English == === Alternative forms === hip hip hoorah, hip hip hurrah, hip hooray (uncommon) === Etymology === Recorded as far back as 1803. The word hip was in use then as a meaningless syllable to solicit someone's attention. Hooray (or hurrah) traces back to 1686, and also had no specific meaning, used instead to solicit a person's attention. A folk etymology for this interjection suggests it comes from the anti-Semitic German Hep-Hep riots in 1819, however many examples of Hip Hip exist in English prior to 1819, for example: === Interjection === hip hip hooray An exclamation of congratulations or celebration, especially in response to a call for three cheers for the person. ==== Usage notes ==== Often the person calling for the cheers will yell hip! hip!, and the crowd will reply hooray! ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== ==== References ====