Definition of Bronx cheer in English:
Bronx cheer
nounˌbrɒŋks ˈtʃɪəbrɑːŋksˈtʃɪr
North American informal A sound of derision or contempt made by blowing through closed lips with the tongue between them.
Example sentencesExamples
- Baseball got a Bronx cheer from fans on Nov. 6 when, for the first time in a century, it announced plans to eliminate two teams.
- What he heard was the British equivalent of a Bronx cheer.
- Any hint of talking down to the troops with high-flown hyperbole was promptly greeted with catcalls and Bronx cheers.
- I heard a noise that I vaguely recognized as a Bronx cheer coming from Leia.
- When 44 states denied having any such schools and the remaining states admitted to having a combined total of fewer than 50, one safety expert greeted the publication of the lists with a Bronx cheer.
- Connie reacted with a Bronx cheer and two thumbs down.
- His insistence that global warming was a serious and growing crisis was also greeted with Bronx cheers, as conservatives insisted that global warming was a fiction conjured up by extremist environmental groups.
- People waved pom-poms, held up signs, and mixed Brooklyn catcalls with Bronx cheers.
- So it's no wonder that the loudest Bronx cheer in Washington goes to lame-duck Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe, who has presided over two disastrous election setbacks in 24 months.
- But all last week's election in Brazil got from Wall Street was a Bronx cheer.
- She shuddered, making a noise like a Bronx cheer.
- New York is one of the most reliably Democratic cities in the nation, and it's hardly surprising to hear a Republican president getting a Bronx cheer in that part of the country.
Origin
1920s: named after the Bronx in New York.