"booyah" meaning in English

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Interjection

Head templates: {{en-interj}} booyah
  1. Expressing excitement and anticipation.
    Sense id: en-booyah-en-intj-wgS1LYkn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45
  2. (colloquial) Expressing satisfaction or accomplishment. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-booyah-en-intj-fbQAwbEg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: boo-yah [interjection], booya [interjection], boo-ya [interjection], booyeah [interjection], boo-yay [interjection], booyakasha [interjection] Related terms: hooray
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: booyahs [plural]
Etymology: Perhaps related to bouillon. Etymology templates: {{m|en|bouillon}} bouillon Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} booyah (countable and uncountable, plural booyahs)
  1. (colloquial) A thick stew of European origin made throughout the Upper Midwestern United States, based on a broth of meat bones to which vegetables are added. Tags: colloquial, countable, uncountable Synonyms: booya, bouja
    Sense id: en-booyah-en-noun-oLc4hpjN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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