Bronx cheer
noun/ˌbɹɒŋks ˈt͡ʃɪə/UK/ˌbɹɑŋks ˈt͡ʃɪɹ/US
Etymology
Believed to originate from the making of the sound during sporting and other events in the Bronx, a borough of New York City, New York, USA.
Definitions
Synonym of raspberry (“a sound intended to resemble flatulence made by blowing air out of…
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.
- There is no reason, no sound reason—forgetting once more the beer-weeping—why our restaurants should not step out and claim the world's championship, give the homemade product the Bronx cheer, and have done with all this nonsense.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for Bronx cheer. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA