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1. † adad, int. View full entry 1664
...Expressing asseveration or emphasis....
2. † adod, int. View full entry 1676
...As an exclamation or mild oath: = egad Cf. adadagad...
3. adzooks, int. View full entry 1675
...Used as an oath to express asseveration, surprise, etc....
4. † agad, int. View full entry 1672
...Expressive of strength of feeling, conviction, etc.; = egad...
5. ahem, int. and n. View full entry 1606
...An exclamation representing a slight cough or clearing of the throat, used to attract attention, esp. prior to speaking;to express hesitation, (mock) disapproval, embarrassment, suggestiveness, etc....
6. ahey, int. View full entry 1696
...An exclamation used to attract attention. Cf. ahoy, hey...
7. ai, int. View full entry 1682
...An exclamation of surprise, regret, pain, etc., often used in imitation of foreign speakers of English. Cf. aie...
8. alala, int. and n. View full entry 1639
...Expressing exultation, encouragement, etc.: used as a battle cry by the ancient Greeks....
9. alleleu, n. and int. View full entry 1689
...A wail; wailing. Obs....
10. allons, int. View full entry 1635
...‘Let's go’; (also) ‘come now’, ‘there you are’ (used by way of encouragement, or as a general expression of acceptance, resignation, etc.)....
11. au revoir, int. (and n.) View full entry 1694
...An expression implying farewell for the present; hence as , a farewell of this kind. Also occurs in slang abbrevs. aurev., au 'voir, and as a malapropism...
12. † baˈlow | baˈloo, int. and n. View full entry 1613
...An utterance used in lulling to sleep....
13. basta, int. View full entry a1616
...Enough! no more! no matter!...
14. blood and thunder, int. and n. View full entry 1696
...Expressing anger or exasperation. Cf. blood6. Now rare and arch....
15. 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....
16. bow-wow, int. and n. View full entry a1616
...ˈbaʊˈwaʊ An imitation of the barking of a dog....
17. † buzz, int. View full entry 1603
...Said in the Variorum Shakspere (1803) to have been a common exclamation (of impatience or contempt) when any one was telling a well-known story; Schmidt and others say ‘a sound...
18. caw, int. and n. View full entry 1667
...A representation of the cry of a rook or crow....
19. † cops, int. View full entry 1693
...= cock as a deformation of God's....
20. coraggio, int. View full entry 1605
...Courage! as a hortatory exclamation....
