jai
Britishinterjection
Etymology
Origin of jai
Hindi jaya victory
Example Sentences
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The same decoupling happened to dog racing, harness racing, quarter-horse racing and jai alai a few years ago.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2025
People think soccer is the best, but I preferred rugby, hockey, jai alai.
From Slate • Oct. 28, 2023
"This is the only place where you can make a living playing jai alai," Goitiandia said, wiping his brow after winning an exhausting round-robin doubles match.
From Fox News • Mar. 28, 2022
She and her brother Manuel were born in Cuba before coming to Miami, where their father was a professional jai alai player.
From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2021
The effect was instantaneous and tremendous, and from all the assembled multitude went up the loud acclaim—'Jai, jai, jai!'
From Tales of Destiny by Mitchell, Edmund
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