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{
"etymology_text": "Variant pronunciation of \"That's the boy!\", a cry of encouragement, especially to children and pet dogs.",
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"text": "Attaboy! That's the way to hit a home run!"
}
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"(idiomatic, colloquial) Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy, man, or male animal."
],
"tags": [
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],
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"word": "好樣的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hǎoyàngde",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"word": "好样的"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"word": "aika poika"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bon gars"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "q̇očaɣ",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"word": "ყოჩაღ"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"word": "gut gemacht"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "guter Junge"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "pronounced with stress on \"Das\"",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"word": "Das ist mein Mann!"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"word": "maith mo ghasúr é"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bravo"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "dekashita",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"word": "でかした"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ii zo",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"word": "いいぞ"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "umai zo",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"word": "うまいぞ"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"word": "eferim"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"word": "flink gutt"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"english": "to a dog",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"word": "flink bisk"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zuch chłopak"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "molodéc",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "молоде́ц"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "molodčína",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "молодчи́на"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krasávčik",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "краса́вчик"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"word": "¡bien hecho!"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"word": "heja"
}
]
}
],
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},
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"tags": [
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"word": "atta boy"
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"word": "ataboy"
},
{
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"word": "thatta boy"
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}
],
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"etymology_text": "Variant pronunciation of \"That's the boy!\", a cry of encouragement, especially to children and pet dogs.",
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"tags": [
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"ref": "2007 June 30, David M. Halbfinger, “How a Fan of Comic Books Transformed Himself Into a Hollywood Player”, in New York Times",
"text": "LOS ANGELES, June 29 — Drink in hand, attaboys coming at him from every direction, Tom DeSanto was living the fanboy dream.",
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}
],
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"A cry of \"attaboy\"; an accolade."
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"word": "attagirl"
}
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"etymology_text": "Variant pronunciation of \"That's the boy!\", a cry of encouragement, especially to children and pet dogs.",
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{
"text": "Attaboy! That's the way to hit a home run!"
}
],
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"Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy, man, or male animal."
],
"links": [
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"encouragement#English"
],
[
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"approval#English"
]
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"(idiomatic, colloquial) Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy, man, or male animal."
],
"tags": [
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"idiomatic"
]
}
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"sounds": [
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},
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"word": "atta boy"
},
{
"word": "ataboy"
},
{
"word": "thatta boy"
},
{
"word": "thattaboy"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"word": "好樣的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hǎoyàngde",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"word": "好样的"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"word": "aika poika"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bon gars"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "q̇očaɣ",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"word": "ყოჩაღ"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"word": "gut gemacht"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "guter Junge"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "pronounced with stress on \"Das\"",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"word": "Das ist mein Mann!"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"word": "maith mo ghasúr é"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bravo"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "dekashita",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"word": "でかした"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ii zo",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"word": "いいぞ"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "umai zo",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"word": "うまいぞ"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"word": "eferim"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"word": "flink gutt"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"english": "to a dog",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"word": "flink bisk"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zuch chłopak"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "molodéc",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "молоде́ц"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "molodčína",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "молодчи́на"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krasávčik",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "краса́вчик"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"word": "¡bien hecho!"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man",
"word": "heja"
}
],
"word": "attaboy"
}
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"English terms with audio links"
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"etymology_text": "Variant pronunciation of \"That's the boy!\", a cry of encouragement, especially to children and pet dogs.",
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"ref": "2007 June 30, David M. Halbfinger, “How a Fan of Comic Books Transformed Himself Into a Hollywood Player”, in New York Times",
"text": "LOS ANGELES, June 29 — Drink in hand, attaboys coming at him from every direction, Tom DeSanto was living the fanboy dream.",
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"ipa": "/ˈætəˌbɔɪ/"
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"tags": [
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"synonyms": [
{
"word": "atta boy"
},
{
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{
"word": "thatta boy"
},
{
"word": "thattaboy"
}
],
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