Oooorah! What does it mean?

Question

What does Ooorah mean? I hear Marines saying it but I dont know its meaning?

Answer 1

It means anything and everything from Good Morning, Good Bye, I Understand, H*ll Yeah to F*** You, everything but no. It depends on the question being asked and/or who and how it is said.

Answer 2

I've been out of service so long that I must speculate. I think it means, we understand and will obey the order, we are proud, well trained and able to eat the enemies guts without extra condiments. For the marines it probably came from the habit of baying like a hound in pursuit of the enemy, maybe. I don't know.
Decades ago in North Ga during Ranger training we had to slide down an long inclined rope henging onto a bar attached to a pulley and drop into the water when the cadre yelled 'Drop'. Also, you were supposed to shout, "Ranger". This was to build confidence and test your personal fortitude. The speeds down that slide seemed very high (faster than a parachute drop), the drop was about 15 feet and it was a little unnerving to some. For some it was fun. But you were nearly always already tired from training. The cadre sometimes waited just a wee bit too long and the drop was made when your pulley hit the stop at the end tearing your hands from the grip. You never knew. Still, you yelled in baso profundo, "Ranger". Only problem was that with all the variables acting you sometimes had freezing water in your mouth, over your head, up your nose, etc and what came out was more like today's, "Ooorah!", witha slight gurgle at the end maybe. I've often wondered if this was the genesis of the word........ I want ta be an airborne Ranger, live a life of guts and danger, all the way, every day, up tha hill......

Answer 3

Hooah (hü-ä or who-ah) is a U.S. Army slang term. It is used primarily by infantry, airborne troops, and rangers "referring to or meaning anything and everything except no" [1]. It can also be a type of battle cry. The word's etymology is unclear, but one possible origin is that it is based on the acronym HUA, meaning "heard, understood, acknowledged" [2]. A joking etymology for this is also "Head Up ***" so that Hua can have a double meaning, either a motivational one ("Hua, Sir, we'll take that hill") or else when told something that you can't possibly believe, you answer sarcastically with "Hua" knowing the other derivation.

The use of the word is ubiquitous in the life of an U.S. Army Soldier. In informal situations a Soldier can reply with "hooah" in place of "Yes, (military rank)" such as "Yes, Sergeant." This can be useful when the rank of the superior officer is unknown, similar to using simply "Yes, Sir/Ma'am" without the honorific. "Hooah" can also be used as a question, usually as a tag question, as in "We're going to win this war, hooah?" The most appropriate response to the question "hooah?" is the exclamation "hooah!"

Theres a nice "lil" answer for you.

Answer 4

The grunts (Army and USMC) say it to vent excess air in the area the brain should be. The Navy and AF don't have this problem, lol

Answer 5

It means they are jubilant and united and it intimidates people. It is a morale building tool and spreads good feelings in the corp.

Answer 6

Paul...what you said is correct for ARMY...

What the question was is for Marines..

Marines do in fact say Ooooorah!!!!

Answer 7

It is Ooh Rah ! Join and find out like I did.

Answer 8

Its the battle cry before they rip your guts out.sweet dreams.In special ops we prefer oowahhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 9

u mean hooorah

Answer 10

hurray ?