intj
booyah
BOO-yah
intj
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Used to show excitement, triumph, or that you just pulled something off.
""Booyah!" he shouted after sinking the winning shot."
"She slammed her laptop shut and yelled "Booyah!" when the code finally worked."
noun
1
A thick meat-and-vegetable stew popular in parts of the Upper Midwest United States.
"The church fundraiser sold bowls of booyah simmered in huge kettles all day."
How to Use Booyah
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA celebratory shout of victory, or (in Midwest US cooking) a hearty stew.
When to use it
The exclamation is very informal and mostly spoken rather than written.
Common pairings
shout booyah
a kettle of booyah
Word Forms
booyahs plural
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Etymology
Possibly linked to "bouillon," the French word for broth, since the stew starts from a long-simmered meat-bone broth.