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1. 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....
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. aha, int. and n. View full entry a1400
...Expressing triumph, satisfaction, realization, discovery, or (now rarely) mockery or irony. Cf. ah34ha1b....
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. arf, int. View full entry 1916
...Representing the bark of a (small) dog, or a human imitation of such a bark. Usually repeated in arf arf, etc. Cf. bow-wow, woof1....
6. atishoo | atichoo, int. and n. View full entry 1878
...A representation of the characteristic noises accompanying a sneeze....
7. 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....
8. bow-wow, int. and n. View full entry a1616
...ˈbaʊˈwaʊ An imitation of the barking of a dog....
9. brave, adj., n., and int. View full entry 1568
...Of persons and their attributes: Courageous, daring, intrepid, stout-hearted (as a good quality)....
10. caw, int. and n. View full entry 1667
...A representation of the cry of a rook or crow....
11. 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)....
12. 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....
13. gesundheit, int. View full entry 1914
...An exclamation used to wish good health to a person, esp. to someone who sneezes....
14. hell, n. and int. View full entry eOE
...The dwelling place of the dead; the abode of departed spirits; the infernal regions regarded as a place of existence after death; the underworld; the grave; Hades....
15. hic, int. View full entry 1898
...An imitation of the sound of a hiccup, esp. as an interruption in the speech of a drunken person....
16. hooshtah, int. View full entry 1903
...A shout of encouragement, etc., to a camel. Hence as Also occas. as , a camel....
17. 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.)...
18. maa, v. and int. View full entry 1728
...Of a sheep or lamb: to utter its distinctive cry; to bleat. Also of a goat. Of a person: to make a noise in imitation of the sound made by a sheep...
19. miaow, int. View full entry 1634
...Representing the characteristic cry of a cat. In later use also as an exclamation implying spite or ‘cattiness’ in the person addressed (cf. cat2a)....
20. monstrous, adj., adv., int., and n. View full entry a1464
...Of a thing (material or immaterial): deviating from the natural or conventional order; unnatural, extraordinary. Obs....
