Bravo
[brɑː'vəʊ;'brɑːvəʊ] or [,brɑ'vo]
Definition
(noun.) a cry of approval as from an audience at the end of great performance.
(verb.) applaud with shouts of `bravo' or `brava'.
Editor: Pratt--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) A daring villain; a bandit; one who sets law at defiance; a professional assassin or murderer.
(interj.) Well done! excellent! an exclamation expressive of applause.
Edited by Horace
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Bandit, assassin, assassinator, murderer, cut-throat, daring villain.
interj. Well done.
Editor: Sallust
Definition
interj. well done: excellent.
Edited by Enrico
Examples
- Bravo, old fellow! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He cried Bravo, Latimer! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Bravo, Crispin! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- At such times, his oily murmur of approval, Bravo! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Does my lord carry bravos for couriers, and stilettos in the fourgons? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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