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last hoorah

last hoorah is the alternative spelling of last hurrah.

Meaning of last hurrah

Noun

last hurrah (plural last hurrahs)

  1. (idiomatic) A final act (by a politician, etc.) or performance (by an actor, etc.) that marks the end of a career.
  2. (idiomatic) Any final effort or performance.
    • There was the heavy scent of the end of an era for a great side as there was no glorious last hurrah for Kevin de Bruyne, whose City career is coming to a close, while Silva may also come into the same category.2025 July 17, Phil McNulty, “Crystal Palace 1-0 Manchester City”, in BBC

Forms of last hoorah

plurallast hoorahs

Questions about last hoorah

What is last hoorah the alternative spelling of?
Last hoorah is the alternative spelling of last hurrah.

Words near last hoorah in the dictionary

  1. last gasps
  2. Last Gospel
  3. last hired, first fired
  4. last honors
  5. last honours
  6. last hoorah
  7. last hoorahs
  8. last hurrah
  9. last hurrahs
  10. last I checked
  11. last I heard

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Adapted from Wiktionary: last hoorah (page history and authors); last hurrah (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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