shabash

Pakistan's Moin Khan sprinkled his boy-soprano encouragement to Mushtaq Ahmed and Saqlain Mushtaq with cries of "Shabash, shabash", Urdu for "Bravo, bravo".

My glove affair with keepers of the lost stumpers' art 2011

Never fear, there was a Makarram Khan,13 until I shot him on my last furlough; he will give thee a shabash* (* Hurrah, bravo.) from hell, for he was a stout rider in his time.

Fiancée 2010

It was a small word, but when the task was difficult, like when she first learned to roll out a perfectly circular roti and cook it on the thawwa, “shabash” had filled her with pride.

Beneath My Mother’s Feet AMJED QAMAR 2008

How many times had Nazia heard her own mother say “shabash” to her?

Beneath My Mother’s Feet AMJED QAMAR 2008

It was a small word, but when the task was difficult, like when she first learned to roll out a perfectly circular roti and cook it on the thawwa, “shabash” had filled her with pride.

Beneath My Mother’s Feet AMJED QAMAR 2008

How many times had Nazia heard her own mother say “shabash” to her?

Beneath My Mother’s Feet AMJED QAMAR 2008

‘Oh, shabash!’ murmured Kim, unable to contain himself, as the man slunk away.

Kim 2003

Never fear, there was a Makarram Khan,13 until I shot him on my last furlough; he will give thee a shabash* (* Hurrah, bravo.) from hell, for he was a stout rider in his time.

Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975

Never fear, there was a Makarram Khan,13 until I shot him on my last furlough; he will give thee a shabash* (* Hurrah, bravo.) from hell, for he was a stout rider in his time.

Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975

When a pleasing storey or adventure is heard or witnessed, and they wish to express their approbation, instead of saying _shabash!

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 265, July 21, 1827 Various