boo-yah
exclamation/ˈbuː jɑː/, /ˈbuː jə/
/ˈbuː jɑː/
(also booyah)
(North American English, informal)- used to show that you are very pleased about something, especially when you win or are right
- With a scream of ‘Boo-yah!’ and a fist pump, she cried from joy that she had won the case.
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