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Bronx cheers

Bronx cheers is the plural of Bronx cheer.

Meaning of Bronx cheer

Noun

Bronx cheer (plural Bronx cheers)

  1. (US, idiomatic) Synonym of raspberry (“a sound intended to resemble flatulence made by blowing air out of the mouth while the tongue is protruding from and pressed against the lips, used humorously or to express disdain or scorn”).
    • Princeton's defeat by Annapolis is regretted here as the Staggs say if they win in the East it won't be held as such-a-much, whereas if Chicago loses the East will grin and give Western football the jolly old Bronx cheer.1921 October 19, The Washington Post, Washington, D.C., page 16, columns 4–5

Questions about Bronx cheers

What is Bronx cheers the plural of?
Bronx cheers is the plural of Bronx cheer.

Words near Bronx cheers in the dictionary

  1. Bronwydd Arms
  2. Bronwyn
  3. Bronx
  4. Bronx Bombers
  5. Bronx cheer
  6. Bronx cheers
  7. Bronx County
  8. Bronxite
  9. Bronxville
  10. brony
  11. bronydom

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