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attaboy

/ˈætəˌbɔɪ/

attaboy interjection: used to show encouragement or approval to a boy, man, or male animal.

Interjection

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy, man, or male animal.
    • Attaboy! That's the way to hit a home run!
    • [Steve] Bannon responded: “They went for an hour instead of 30 minutes--- showing the entire hour over multiple platforms.” [Jeffrey] Epstein shot back “atta boy”.2025 November 14, Jason Wilson, quoting Jeffrey Epstein, “Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon during 2018 pro-Trump media campaign”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Noun

attaboy (plural attaboys)

  1. A cry of encouragement; an accolade.
    • LOS ANGELES, June 29 — Drink in hand, attaboys coming at him from every direction, Tom DeSanto was living the fanboy dream.2007 June 30, David M. Halbfinger, “How a Fan of Comic Books Transformed Himself Into a Hollywood Player”, in New York Times

attaboy meaning in Bengali

attaboy in Bengali

উৎসাহ, প্রশংসার উক্তি

Forms of attaboy

Interjection
alternative formatta boy
alternative formataboy
alternative formthatta boy
alternative formthattaboy
Noun
pluralattaboys

Origin of attaboy

A variant pronunciation of That's the boy!, a cry of encouragement, especially to children and pet dogs.

Questions about attaboy

What does attaboy mean?
Attaboy means used to show encouragement or approval to a boy, man, or male animal.
What is attaboy in Bengali?
Attaboy in Bengali is উৎসাহ, প্রশংসার উক্তি. See Attaboy meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is attaboy?
Attaboy can be an interjection or a noun.
How do you pronounce attaboy?
Attaboy is pronounced /ˈætəˌbɔɪ/.

Words near attaboy in the dictionary

  1. atta
  2. atta boy
  3. atta girl
  4. attabal
  5. attabals
  6. attaboy
  7. attaboys
  8. attaca
  9. attacca
  10. attacchi
  11. attacco

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Adapted from Wiktionary: attaboy (page history and authors); attaboy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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