booyah

English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• (interjection): boo-yah, booya, boo-ya, booyeah, boo-yay, booyakasha

Interjection

booyah

1. Expressing excitement and anticipation.

   Let's go storm that hill. Booyah!

   The party on Saturday night is going to be awesome. Booyah!

2. (colloquial) Expressing satisfaction or accomplishment.

   Mission accomplished. Booyah!

See also

• hooray

Etymology 2

Perhaps related to bouillon.

Alternative forms

• booya, bouja

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.

   I'd say it's a mixture of veggies, the stewing chickens and the long cooking time that are essential to make real booyah.

Anagrams

• yah boo, yah-boo