noun
1. a cry of joy.*
He fantasized about it, carefully planned it out, executed it with precision, and could not hear his girlfriend's ziraleet through the overwhelming satisfaction of his perfect vegan cupcake.
Synonyms: cheer, cry of joy, expletive, hail, hurrah, hurray, oh my God... YES!!!, whoop, yay, yippee.
*Though I found this word in the Oxford English Dictionary, it originated in the Arabic for an expression of joy by a group of women in Aleppo, consisting of the words "Lillé, lillé, lillé" repeated as often as possible in one breath.
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