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1. 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)....
2. der, int. View full entry 1979
...Implying that another person has said something foolish or extremely obvious, or done something stupid. Cf. duh...
3. dicken | dickin, int. View full entry 1894
...An interjectional exclamation expressing disgust or disbelief: come off it!, cut it out! Also const. on....
4. Eureka, int. (and n.) View full entry 1603
...The exclamation (‘I have found it’) uttered by Archimedes when he discovered the means of determining (by specific gravity) the proportion of base metal in Hiero's golden crown. (See Vitruvius Arch....
5. geddit, int. View full entry 1976
...= get it?get....
6. hidey, int. View full entry 1941
...A word of greeting....
7. hooray, int. View full entry 1898
...Good-bye. Cf. hurroo...
8. 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.)...
9. hoy, int. and n.2 View full entry 1393
...In nautical language (also written hoay) used in hailing or calling aloft. (Cf. ahoy)...
10. hurroo, int. (and n.) View full entry 1824
...A cry expressive of triumph or exultant excitement....
11. milko, int. and n. View full entry 1865
...Chiefly Brit. and Austral. (A milkman's call) indicating that milk is available....
12. moo, n.1 and int. View full entry 1789
...The lowing sound made by a cow or other bovine animal; an imitation of this. Also: an act of lowing....
13. mopoke, n. and int. View full entry 1829
...= morepork1....
14. morepork, n. and int. View full entry 1825
...Originally and chiefly: the boobook owl, Ninox novaeseelandiae. Also (Austral.) any of several other nocturnal birds, esp. the tawny frogmouth, Podargus strigoides....
15. 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....
16. murder, n.1 and int. View full entry OE
...The action or an act of killing....
17. negative, adj., adv.2, and int. View full entry c1460
...Of a person: that denies something. Obs.rare....
18. never, adv. and int. View full entry eOE
...At no time or moment; on no occasion; not ever....
19. night, n. and int. View full entry eOE
...The period of darkness occurring between one day and the next; that part of a 24-hour period during which a place receives no light from the sun; the time between evening and...
20. nit, int. and n.4 View full entry 1898
...Signalling or warning of a person's approach: ‘Beware!’, ‘Look out!’....
