Bronx cheer

Example Sentences

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Then she leans over my digital recorder and gives a quick, wet Bronx cheer.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2025

The ever-obsequious Chris Cillizza, her drooling admirer, took the Berliners to task for the Bronx cheer:

From Slate • Jan. 31, 2024

Partly because we admire rebels and freethinkers, those who give a Bronx cheer to the stuffy power elite in any field.

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2023

In the midst of a 2-for-27 slump, San Diego fans welcomed Soto with a Bronx cheer this week as the 23-year-old superstar went 0-for-4 in each of the Padres’ games against the Diamondbacks.

From Washington Times • Sep. 7, 2022

Zooey put out his tongue and gave a subdued, modified Bronx cheer.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger