attaboy
exclamation
informalmainlyUSuk/ˈæt.ə.bɔɪ/us/ˈæt̬.ə.bɔɪ/used topraisesomeone,especiallya man orboy, or toencouragethem tocontinue:
Hebelieveshe canwin. Attaboy!
Attaboy, what agreatstart!
used topraiseamaleanimalor toencourageit to do something :
Attaboy! Goodwork!
- Attaboy, Johnny,helpyoursisterout.
- Attaboy, youtellher!
- He uses Americanisms such as "holysmoke!" and "attaboy!" veryeffectively.
Linguistics: interjections
- aiyo
- alack
- alas and alackphrase
- attagirl
- auf Wiedersehen
- aw shucks
- awesomesauce
- figure
- goodo
- more
- more power toyourelbow!idiom
- need
- need I say more?idiom
- neener, neener
- no siridiom
- period
- small wonderidiom
- sweet
- the rest is historyidiom
- you seeidiom