hooroosh

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /həˈɹuːʃ/

Noun

hooroosh (plural hoorooshes)

1. (dated) A commotion.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, chapter 120, in Moby-Dick:

     Oh, none but cowards send down their brain-trucks in tempest time. What a hooroosh aloft there!

   • 1920, Sir Ian Hamilton, Gallipoli Diary:

     Under cover of a hooroosh by the Manchester, the Gurkhas have rushed a bluff 600 yards ahead of our line and are sticking to their winnings.

Alternative forms

• hurroosh