hurrah's nest
- noun
- /həˈrɑːz nɛst/
- Informal
:
fiesta
- When the announcement was made, the office turned into a hurrah's nest of cheering and excitement.
Examples
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After the championship game, the locker room became a hurrah's nest of singing and laughter.
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As midnight struck, the living room turned into a hurrah's nest with kids running everywhere.
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What a hurrah's nest that turned out to be!
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The party turned into a wild hurrah's nest!
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After the championship game, the locker room became a hurrah's nest of singing and laughter.
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As midnight struck, the living room turned into a hurrah's nest with kids running everywhere.
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When the announcement was made, the office turned into a hurrah's nest of cheering and excitement.
Synonyms
21
8.8
A loud, lively party with cheering and dancing
9
6.1
Lively noisy party with drinking and dancing
5
6.3
A loud happy party with dancing and drinking
2
7.8
A lively party with music, dancing, and fun
Loud, playful activities that are silly and a bit naughty
Antonyms
How Chaotic
Surface Forms
Morphology
hurrah's + nest
The parts give a partial clue: 'hurrah' evokes excitement and 'nest' denotes a place, so 'hurrah's nest' can be interpreted as a place of exultation or noisy celebration. However, 'hurrah' is primarily an interjection (not typically used in possessive noun constructions) and the phrase is non-standard/low-frequency, so the exact sense 'lively chaotic celebration' is not fully predictable for a B1 learner without prior exposure.
Etymology
Hurrah's nest comes from the picture of a nest full of noisy birds all calling 'hurrah', a small, wild scene of sound and movement. That busy, noisy image explains why the phrase means 'a lively and chaotic celebration'.