11) hullo. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000. ...INTERJECTION, NOUN & Chiefly British Variant of hello.... 12) interj. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000. ...interjection... 13) int. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000. ...1. intercept 2. interest 3. interim 4. interior 5. interjection 6. intermediate 7. internal 8. international 9. interval 10. intransitive... 14) hubbub. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000. ...noise. 2. Confusion; tumult. Probably of Irish Gaelic origin; akin to Scottish Gaelic ubub, an interjection of aversion or contempt. It has often been remarked that... 15) Printers' Marks. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898 ...? is -that is, the first and last letters of quoestio (question). 1 ! is Io in Latin is the interjection of joy. 2 is a Greek p ( ), the initial letter of paragraph.... 16) hurrah, hooraw, hooray, hurray. The Columbia Guide to Standard American
English. 1993 ...Hurrah and hurray are the most usual spellings of the interjection, which is a shout of joy or a cheer. The verb means to raise such a shout, and the noun is the... 17) swell 1. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993 ...The adjective swell is slang: We had a swell time. She s a swell golfer. The interjection is also slang, meaning wonderful, and often used ironically. The noun is... 18) bummer. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993 ...is slang, meaning something unsatisfactory, unpleasant, as in That party was a bummer. The interjection is simply a cry of disappointment, and it too is slang. 1... 19) good-bye, good-by, goodbye, goodby. The Columbia Guide to Standard American
English. 1993 ...The more frequent spelling is with a final -e, although all the spellings are Standard. The interjection is either hyphenated or spelled as one word. The noun (plural:... 20) swanny. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000. ...Chiefly Southern U.S. To declare; swear. Used in the phrase I swanny as an interjection. See Regional Note at vum. Probably alteration of dialectal (I) s' wan ye,... |