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1. affirmative, adj., n., and int. View full entry c1449
...Asserting that a fact is as stated or perceived; declaring what exists; expressing a positive response....
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. avaunt, adv., int., and prefix View full entry c1400
...Forward, to the front. Obs....
4. † baile | bayle, int. View full entry a1529
...A call to combatants to engage....
5. banzai, int. View full entry 1893
...A shout or cheer used by the Japanese in greeting the emperor or in battle. Also as ...
6. boy, n.1 and int. View full entry c1300
...A male servant, slave, assistant, junior employee, etc....
7. brave, adj., n., and int. View full entry 1568
...Of persons and their attributes: Courageous, daring, intrepid, stout-hearted (as a good quality)....
8. buggeration, n. and int. View full entry 1966
...Annoyance, inconvenience, confusion. Earliest and freq. in buggeration factororig. Mil....
9. 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...
10. fucking A, adj., adv., and int. View full entry 1948
...In you're fucking A: completely right, absolutely correct....
11. gangway, n. and int. View full entry OE
...A road, a thoroughfare. Now rare (Irish English (north.) in later use)....
12. hi-de-hi, int. View full entry 1941
...An exclamation, used chiefly by army instructors to greet, or attract the attention of, their troops. Also transf. and attrib....
13. 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.)...
14. hurrah | hurray, int. and n. View full entry 1686
...A shout expressive of approbation, encouragement, or exultation; used esp. as a ‘cheer’ at public assemblies or the like....
15. imshi, int. View full entry 1916
...Be off, go away. Also as ...
16. jingo, int., and n., and adj. View full entry 1670
...(Usually hey or high jingo!) A conjuror's call for the appearance of something: the opposite of hey presto!, by which a thing is bidden to be gone. Hence,...
17. mafeesh, int. and adj. View full entry 1855
...Chiefly expressing rejection: ‘nothing’; ‘finished’; ‘done for’....
18. morning, n. and int. View full entry c1275
...Originally: the time of the approach or beginning of ‘morn’; the period around sunrise. In later use usually: the early part of the day, esp. from sunrise until noon or lunchtime....
19. † mountee, int. (and n.1) View full entry 1415
...‘Mount!’, ‘To horse!’ (used as a cavalry call indicating alarm). Also as : a call of ‘Mountee!’....
20. murder, n.1 and int. View full entry OE
...The action or an act of killing....
