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1. a, int.1 View full entry ?c1200
...Expressing invocation, surprise, or admiration; (also) used to gain attention. Obs....
2. 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....
3. absolutely, adv. and int. View full entry ?a1425
...To the fullest extent; in the highest degree; entirely, wholly, utterly. In later use freq. as simple intensifier....
4. adsum, int. (and n.) View full entry 1594
...‘I am here’ (used to indicate the speaker is present). Hence as : this statement as an answer in a roll-call, etc....
5. adzooks, int. View full entry 1675
...Used as an oath to express asseveration, surprise, etc....
6. afternoon, n., adv., and int. View full entry c1330
...Originally: the part of the day between the midday meal and the evening meal. In later use: the part of the day from noon or lunchtime to evening. Cf. forenoon1...
7. aha, int. and n. View full entry a1400
...Expressing triumph, satisfaction, realization, discovery, or (now rarely) mockery or irony. Cf. ah34ha1b....
8. ahey, int. View full entry 1696
...An exclamation used to attract attention. Cf. ahoy, hey...
9. à la bonne heure, int. View full entry 1750
...‘Fine’, ‘great’; ‘all well and good’; ‘so be it’. Freq. ironically....
10. alala, int. and n. View full entry 1639
...Expressing exultation, encouragement, etc.: used as a battle cry by the ancient Greeks....
11. 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.)....
12. alleleu, n. and int. View full entry 1689
...A wail; wailing. Obs....
13. 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....
14. aloof, adv., int., adj., and prep. View full entry a1535
...Naut. To the windward side; towards the direction from which the wind blows; (in later use) esp. on a course close to the wind, usually so as to stay...
15. attaboy, int. View full entry 1909
...An exclamation expressive of encouragement or admiration....
16. blood and thunder, int. and n. View full entry 1696
...Expressing anger or exasperation. Cf. blood6. Now rare and arch....
17. boy, n.1 and int. View full entry c1300
...A male servant, slave, assistant, junior employee, etc....
18. 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...
19. 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)....
20. crimes, int. View full entry 1874
...= criminy Cf. cripes...