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Bronx cheer

//ˌbɹɒŋks ˈt͡ʃɪə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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”). US, idiomatic

    "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."

  2. 2
    a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt wordnet

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.

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