bravo
(noun) a cry of approval as from an audience at the end of great performance
assassin, assassinator, bravo
(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; āhis assassins were hunted down like animalsā; āassassinators of kings and emperorsā
bravo
(verb) applaud with shouts of ābravoā or ābravaā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bravo (plural bravos or bravoes)
A hired soldier; an assassin; a desperado.
A shout of "bravo!"
The letter B in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
• (hired soldier): see mercenary
bravo!
Used to express acclaim, especially to a performer.
Sometimes the (non-anglicized) Italian female form brava is used for a woman, and the Italian plural forms brave (feminine) and bravi (masculine or mixed).
• See well done
bravo (third-person singular simple present bravos, present participle bravoing, simple past and past participle bravoed)
To cheer or applaud, especially by saying bravo!
Bravo (plural Bravos)
A surname of Spanish origin.
Source: Wiktionary
Bra"vo, n.; pl. Bravoes. Etym: [I. See Brave, a.]
Definition: A daring villain; a bandit; one who sets law at defiance; a professional assassin or murderer. Safe from detection, seize the unwary prey. And stab, like bravoes, all who come this way. Churchill.
Bra"vo, interj. Etym: [It. See Brave.]
Definition: Well done! excellent! an exclamation expressive of applause.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 April 2025
(noun) maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system; āin focusā; āout of focusā
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
