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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. 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....
3. aight, adj. and int. View full entry 1993
...= all right (in various senses)....
4. 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.)....
5. 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....
6. all right, adv., adj., int., and n. View full entry a1413
...Used as an intensifier at the end of a sentence or clause: certainly, indeed....
7. all righty, int. and adv. View full entry 1877
...= all right (in various senses)....
8. aloha, n. and int. View full entry 1820
...An utterance of ‘aloha’ (see sense B.); an expression of welcome or farewell. Also: good wishes; love, affection....
9. aloha oe, int. View full entry 1887
...= aloha...
10. amen, int. and n. View full entry c1000
...As a concluding formula (merely transferred from Latin) = Finis....
11. attaboy, int. View full entry 1909
...An exclamation expressive of encouragement or admiration....
12. aw shucks, int. and adj. View full entry 1888
...Expressing (affected) surprise, exasperation, genial self-deprecation, or gratified embarrassment....
13. bada-bing, int. View full entry 1965
...Suggesting something happening suddenly, emphatically, or easily and predictably; ‘Just like that!’, ‘Presto!’...
14. baloney | boloney, n. and int. View full entry 1928
...Humbug; nonsense....
15. bif | biff, int. View full entry 1843
...An exclamation uttered when something strikes an object, or a sound imitative of such a blow. Cf. biff3....
16. big whoop, int. and n. View full entry 1984
...Expressing dismissiveness: ‘So what?’ ‘Who cares?’...
17. boink, n. and int. View full entry 1963
...A bump; a blow. Also: a brief resonant sound, such as might accompany this....
18. 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....
19. boy, n.1 and int. View full entry c1300
...A male servant, slave, assistant, junior employee, etc....
20. 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...
