Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Well done! good! sometimes used as a noun: as, “with bravo and handclapping,”
- [It Italian the word is an adjective, and the correct usage is to say bravo to a male singer or actor, brava to a female, and bravi to a company; but in French and properly in English the word is a mere interjection. Careful persons familiar with the Italian usage do, however, discriminate as to gender.]
- noun A daring villain a bandit; one who sets law at defiance; an assassin or murderer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A daring villain; a bandit; one who sets law at defiance; a professional assassin or murderer.
- interjection Well done! excellent! an exclamation expressive of applause.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A hired
soldier ; anassassin ; adesperado . - noun A shout of "bravo!"
- noun The letter B in the
ICAO spelling alphabet . - interjection Used to express
appreciation , especially to aperformer . - verb To
cheer orapplaud , especially by saying bravo!
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a cry of approval as from an audience at the end of great performance
- verb applaud with shouts of `bravo' or `brava'
- noun a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed
Etymologies
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Examples
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Off they went highly delighted with the results of the interview, clapping their orator on the back, crying out _sh [= a] bash, sh [= a] bash, bravo, bravo_, and evidently believing the gift of the rupees as entirely due to the eloquence of their comrade.
A Peep into Toorkisthhan Rollo Gillespie Burslem
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Tasty stuff but whether or not it should be considered "muy bravo" is a matter of personal preference so don't be afraid to try it.
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For a long time they watched the performance with delight, clapping and calling bravo like boys.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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For a long time they watched the performance with delight, clapping and calling bravo like boys.
The Trespasser, Volume 3 Gilbert Parker 1897
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For a long time they watched the performance with delight, clapping and calling bravo like boys.
The Trespasser, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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Also, I'm increasingly willing to call bravo sierra on most complaints of racial profiling generally (See Heather Mac Donald for the sustained argument here).
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The expression Accogliere dei "Bravo" che non finivano più is certainly correct in Italian, provided that quotes are used around bravo, which is then perceived as a literal quotation (in the spoken version, the quotes would be rendered by an audible pause before the word bravo).
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Step 5: Comic Riffs says "bravo" to Minneapolis musician Jeremy Messersmith and creative partner Eric Power.
ANIMATION OF THE DAY: When Star Wars gets a new director's cut Michael Cavna 2010
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The electric atmosphere, with thousands of white-haired fans screaming "bravo," was contagious.
How Andr 2010
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Both deserve a big "bravo," especially considering that they managed to penetrate my Jin/Sun sadness long enough to empathize with them.
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