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1. about, adv., prep.1, adj., and int. View full entry eOE
...In rotation or revolution; round in a circular course. Now rare except in fig. use with verbs....
2. alarm, int., n., and adv. View full entry c1400
...Used as a call to arms or warning of imminent danger, esp. of being attacked. Now literary (chiefly arch. and hist.)....
3. alley-oop, int., adv., n., and adj. View full entry 1917
...‘Get up!’ ‘Go on!’ Used to encourage or draw attention to the performance of an acrobatic or other physical feat, esp. one involving a leap or lift upwards....
4. boo | booh, int. (and n.1) View full entry 1639
...A sound imitating the lowing of oxen; also used to express contempt, disapprobation, aversion. Used subst. as a name for itself, esp. as the sound of hooting. Cf....
5. check, int. and n.1 View full entry c1330
...A call at chess by which notice is given to the opponent that a move has been made which exposes his King; one says also check to your king! and...
6. checkmate, int. and n. View full entry a1346
...Exclamation at chess by a player on putting his adversary's King into inextricable check, a move by which the game is won; orig. meaning ‘(your) King is dead’. (Now commonly mate...
7. cool, adj., adv., and int. View full entry eOE
...Of or at a relatively low temperature; moderately cold, esp. agreeably or refreshingly so (in contrast with heat or cold)....
8. down and dirty, adv., int., and adj. View full entry 1959
...In a devious or surreptitious manner....
9. faites vos jeux, int. View full entry 1867
...Place your bets (an instruction given by croupiers at a roulette game)....
10. fore, int. View full entry 1878
...(See quot. 1878.)...
11. gee-ho, int. (and n.) View full entry 1668-71
...= gee Also as ...
12. gee-up, int. View full entry 1769
...= gee...
13. giddap, int. and v. View full entry 1925
...= to get up7get1....
14. hell, n. and int. View full entry eOE
...The dwelling place of the dead; the abode of departed spirits; the infernal regions regarded as a place of existence after death; the underworld; the grave; Hades....
15. hey, int. (and n.) View full entry a1225
...A call to attract attention; also, an exclamation expressing exultation, incitement, surprise, etc.; sometimes used in the burden of a song with no definite meaning; sometimes as an interrogative (= eh...
16. hoicks | hoick, int. (and n.) View full entry 1607
...A call used in hunting to incite the hounds. Also transf....
17. hollo | hollow, int. and n. View full entry 1589
...A call to excite attention, also a shout of encouragement or exultation: = holla23....
18. hot dog, n., adj., and int. View full entry 1892
...orig. U.S. A hot sausage served in a long soft roll. Cf. dog14....
19. house, n.1 and int. View full entry eOE
...A building for human habitation, typically and historically one that is the ordinary place of residence of a family. (Cf. home2.)...
20. howzat, int. and n. View full entry 1921
...‘What about that?’, ‘how about that?’; spec. (Cricket) = how's that?how2b....