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attagirl

/ˈætəˌɡɜː(ɹ)l/

attagirl interjection: used to show encouragement or approval to a girl, woman, or female animal.

Interjection

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) Used to show encouragement or approval to a girl, woman, or female animal.
    • Attagirl! That's the way to hit a home run!

Noun

attagirl (plural attagirls)

  1. A cry of encouragement; an accolade.

attagirl meaning in Bengali

attagirl in Bengali

উৎসাহের চিৎকার, একটি প্রশংসা

Forms of attagirl

Interjection
alternative formattagal
alternative formatta girl
Noun
pluralattagirls

Origin of attagirl

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

Questions about attagirl

What does attagirl mean?
Attagirl means used to show encouragement or approval to a girl, woman, or female animal.
What is attagirl in Bengali?
Attagirl in Bengali is উৎসাহের চিৎকার, একটি প্রশংসা. See Attagirl meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is attagirl?
Attagirl can be an interjection or a noun.
How do you pronounce attagirl?
Attagirl is pronounced /ˈætəˌɡɜː(ɹ)l/.

Words near attagirl in the dictionary

  1. attagal
  2. attagen
  3. attagens
  4. attaghan
  5. attaghans
  6. attagirl
  7. attagirls
  8. attain
  9. attain'd
  10. attainabilities
  11. attainability

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Adapted from Wiktionary: attagirl (page history and authors); attagirl (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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