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Bronx cheer
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Bronx cheer
n. Slang
A loud sound expressing disapproval; a raspberry.

[After the Bronx.]

Bronx cheer
n
Chiefly US a loud noise, imitating a fart, made with the lips and tongue and expressing derision or contempt; raspberry
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Noun1.Bronx cheer - a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contemptBronx cheer - a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
cry, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell, call - a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"
Translations
Bronx cheer [ˌbrɒŋksˈtʃɪəʳ] N (US) → pedorreta f
Bronx cheer
n (US inf) to get a Bronx cheerausgelacht werden; to give somebody a Bronx cheerjdn auslachen


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