Sekirov Dictionary

bravo

UK /ˈbɹɑːvəʊ/US /ˈbɹɑvoʊ/

exclamation 1
noun 3
verb 1
forms 5

exclamation1

•
well done, said to cheer a performer or anyone else for doing something very well
- Bravo, you have done a brilliant job!

noun3

•
A shout of "bravo!"
- There was a roar of bravoes rang through the house; Pen bellowing with the loudest. — 1907
Alternative letter-case form of Bravo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
•
A hired soldier; an assassin; a desperado.
- As for Rochester, he had not genius enough to enter the lists with Dryden, so he fell upon another method of revenge; and meanly hired bravoes to assault him. — 1753

verb1

•
To cheer or applaud, especially by saying bravo!
- "And my Sunbeam was bravoed, and encored, and crowned with flowers, was she not?" — 1910

forms

bravoed · bravoing · bravoes · bravos · bravi

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