neener

English

Pronunciation

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Interjection

neener

1. (informal, often humorous) A childish, hostile taunt, often repeated in a singsong voice.
   • 1999, Suzanne Weyn, Happy Grouchy Day:

     Grizzy shouted. She ran up to some old Grouch ladies. She stuck her tongue out at them. She blew a great big razzberry at them. "Neener, neener, neener!"

Translations

a hostile taunt

• Catalan: elis elis
• French: lalalalère, na (fr)
• German: ätsch (de), ätsch-bätsch, ätschi-bätsch
• Italian: marameo (it)
• Korean: 얼레리꼴레리 (eollerikkolleri)
• Norwegian: æ bæ
• Spanish: lero lero

Further reading

• “neener, neener”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.