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View synonyms for Bronx cheer

Bronx cheer

noun

  1. a loud, abrasive, spluttering noise made with the lips and tongue to express contempt.


Bronx cheer

noun

  1. a loud noise, imitating a fart, made with the lips and tongue and expressing derision or contempt; raspberry
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of Bronx cheer1

An Americanism dating back to 1925–30; named after the Bronx, a borough of New York City

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