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booyah

/ˈbuːˌjɑː/

booyah interjection: expressing excitement and anticipation.

Interjection

  1. Expressing excitement and anticipation.
    • Let's go storm that hill. Booyah!
    • The party on Saturday night is going to be awesome. Booyah!
  2. (colloquial) Expressing satisfaction or accomplishment.
    • Mission accomplished. Booyah!

Noun

booyah (countable and uncountable, plural booyahs)

  1. (colloquial) A thick stew of European origin made throughout the Upper Midwestern United States, based on a broth of meat bones to which vegetables are added.
    • I'd say it's a mixture of veggies, the stewing chickens and the long cooking time that are essential to make real booyah.

Forms of booyah

Interjection
alternative formboo-yah
alternative formbooya
alternative formboo-ya
alternative formbooyeah
alternative formboo-yay
alternative formbooyakasha
Noun
pluralbooyahs
alternative formbouja

Origin of booyah

Perhaps related to bouillon.

Questions about booyah

What does booyah mean?
Booyah means expressing excitement and anticipation.
What part of speech is booyah?
Booyah can be an interjection or a noun.
How do you pronounce booyah?
Booyah is pronounced /ˈbuːˌjɑː/.

Words near booyah in the dictionary

  1. bootylicious
  2. bootyliciousness
  3. Bootys
  4. boowomp
  5. booya
  6. booyah
  7. booyahs
  8. booyaka
  9. booyakasha
  10. Booyong
  11. Booysen

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