Kudos

/ˈk(j)uːdɒs/ · noun

Meaning

Praise; accolades..

Definitions by Sense

1. Praise; accolades.
2. Credit for one's achievements.
3. An interjection indicating praise or approval or as an acknowledgement of a laudable achievement.
4. (informal) To give praise or accolades.
5. (nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) plural of kudo
6. (nonstandard, informal, sometimes proscribed) third-person singular simple present indicative of kudo

Example Sentences

The talented, young playwright received much kudos for his new drama.

I gave Chelsea much kudos for the birth of her first daughter.

Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Pat, I gotta tell you, you did a lot of things right with this lunch―kudos. You got back quickly, you showed initiative, and, best of all, you left plenty of room for improvement.

Well, I will tell you this. Use your warrant: Arrest Mr. Inglethorp. But it will bring you no kudos—the case against him will be dismissed at once!

So while recording or sampling a Charlie Manson track […] makes for shock rock kudos aplenty, a devotion to Hubbard is kryptonite for credibility.

And… and to that… to that Turkish horse, I say this, “You should not step on people’s balls, but, in this solitary instance, kudos, horse, kudos.”

Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.

You know and I know that Dr. Tinsley likes a bit of kudosing every now and then. I think it would be well if we seriously considered some kind of honorable mention for him at the Conference.

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• kudoses
• kudosing
• kudosed

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