Bronx cheers

noun

plural of Bronx cheer
as in snorts
a vocal sound made to express scorn or disapproval a baseball legend who seems never to have forgotten the Bronx cheer he once received from the hometown ingrates

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  1. snorts
  2. jeers
  3. boos
Noun
  • The Rodents of Unusual Size that attack Westley in a swamp work because they are played by small men in rodent suits, rather than coolly conjured from pixels; their deliberate artifice is the thrill, and Reiner provided the voice for their hideous snorts.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025
Definition of snorts
Noun
  • With boos and jeers ringing around Expo Idaho at the referees, AC Boise continued to pepper the Portland box with dangerous crosses and shots.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 18 July 2026
  • Tel Aviv — A wave of jeers greeted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Israel’s parliament prepared for a blitz of controversial legislation in the government’s closing days.
    — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
Definition of jeers
Noun
  • Fox stayed with the shot of Trump for just a few seconds before cutting to an aerial shot during which the boos can still be heard.
    — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 19 July 2026
  • As the two men walked out onto the field, boos could be heard coming from the crowd.
    — Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 19 July 2026
Definition of boos
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“Bronx cheers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Bronx%20cheers. Accessed 28 Jul. 2026.

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