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| Interjection | Noun? | Verb? | Signifies  |
| aah | aahs, aahed, aahing | wonder, enlightenment  | |
| aargh | dismay  | ||
| aarrgh | dismay  | ||
| aarrghh | dismay  | ||
| ach | dismay  | ||
| achoo | a sneeze  | ||
| addio | addios | goodbye  | |
| adieu | adieus, adieux | farewell  | |
| adios | goodbye  | ||
| ah | ahs, ahing, ahed | surprise, joy  | |
| aha | sudden comprehension  | ||
| ahchoo | a sneeze  | ||
| ahem | delicate interruption  | ||
| ahoy | hailing another vessel  | ||
| aikona | (Bantu) it is not; no  | ||
| alack | grief  | ||
| alas | grief  | ||
| alew | alews | urging on hounds, same as HALLOO  | |
| alleluia | alleluias | praise to God  | |
| alleluiah | alleluiahs | praise to God  | |
| allons | (French) let's go  | ||
| aloha | alohas | (Hawaiian) greeting or farewell  | |
| amen | amens | amens, amened, amening | so be it  |
| anan | in a moment! coming!  | ||
| anon | in a moment! coming!  | ||
| apage | away, depart, as in 'apage Satanas'  | ||
| arrah | (Irish) wonder etc  | ||
| arrivederci | (Italian) till we meet again  | ||
| atishoo | atishoos | a sneeze  | |
| attaboy | encouragement  | ||
| avanti | forward  | ||
| avast | hold fast!  | ||
| aw | disappointment, sympathy etc  | ||
| aweel | well, well then  | ||
| ay | ays | yes  | |
| aye | ayes | yes   | |
| baccare | back! Stand back!   | ||
| backare | back! Stand back!  | ||
| bah | contempt  | ||
| banzai | banzais | (Japanese) warlike shout  | |
| basta | enough; stop!  | ||
| bedad | (Irish) by God  | ||
| begad | (Irish) by God  | ||
| begorah | (Irish) by God   | ||
| begorra | (Irish) by God   | ||
| begorrah | (Irish) by God   | ||
| bejabers | (Irish) by Jesus   | ||
| bejeezus | (Irish) by Jesus   | ||
| bejesus | (Irish) by Jesus   | ||
| beneplacito | good pleasure; by your leave  | ||
| bingo | bingos | full house at the game of bingo  | |
| bismillah | in the name of Allah  | ||
| bitte | (German) pardon?  | ||
| blast | blasts | blasts, blasted, blasting | annoyance  |
| blimey | surprise  | ||
| blimy | surprise  | ||
| boh | bohs | to startle someone  | |
| boing | boings | boings, boinged, boinging | the sound of a bouncing impact  |
| boink | boinks | boinks, boinked, boinking | the sound of a bouncing impact  |
| bonjour | good day  | ||
| bonsoir | good evening  | ||
| boo | boos | boos, booed, booing | making jump; disapproval  |
| bosh | nonsense  | ||
| brava | bravas | well done (to a woman)  | |
| bravi | well done (to a number of people)  | ||
| bravo | bravos | bravoes, bravoed, bravoing | well done (to a man)  |
| brr | shivering  | ||
| brrr | shivering  | ||
| bugger | buggers | buggers, buggered, buggering | annoyance; noun and verb forms from other meanings  |
| byrlady | a mild oath: by our Lady  | ||
| byrlakin | a mild oath: by our Lady  | ||
| caese | enough said   | ||
| caramba | (Spanish) annoyance, surprise etc  | ||
| ceas | enough said  | ||
| cheerio | cheerios | farewell  | |
| cheero | cheeros | farewell  | |
| chimo | (Inuit) greeting  | ||
| chut | (French) impatience  | ||
| ciao | ciaos | (Italian) goodbye  | |
| congrats | congratulations  | ||
| cooee | cooees | cooees, cooeed, cooeeing | calling at a distance  |
| cooey | cooeys | cooeys, cooeyed, cooeying | calling at a distance  |
| coraggio | coraggios | courage!  | |
| cracky | a mild oath   | ||
| crickey | a mild oath   | ||
| cricky | a mild oath   | ||
| crikey | a mild oath   | ||
| crimine | surprise or impatience  | ||
| crimini | surprise or impatience  | ||
| cripe | a mild oath  | ||
| cripes | a mild oath  | ||
| crivens | (Scots) dismay  | ||
| crivvens | (Scots) dismay   | ||
| damn | damns | damns, damned, damning | exasperation  |
| dang | dangs | dangs, danged, danging | = DAMN, exasperation  |
| deek | look at, see [Romany dik, to look, see]  | ||
| ecce | behold, here is  | ||
| ecco | behold, here is  | ||
| ecod | a mild oath  | ||
| eek | fright  | ||
| egad | a mild oath  | ||
| egads | a mild oath  | ||
| eh | ehs, ehing, ehed | inquiry  | |
| entrez | (French) come in  | ||
| er | ers (a plant) | hesitation  | |
| euge | (Greek) well done  | ||
| euoi | Bacchic frenzy  | ||
| eureka | eurekas | discovery  | |
| evhoe | Bacchic frenzy  | ||
| evoe | Bacchic frenzy  | ||
| evohe | Bacchic frenzy  | ||
| ewhow | alas!  | ||
| faith | faiths | faiths, faithed, faithing | by my faith, indeed; (verb) to believe  |
| faix | faith!  | ||
| faugh | contempt, disgust  | ||
| fegs | a mild oath  | ||
| fie | reproach; (adj.) fey: FIER, FIEST  | ||
| floreat | may it flourish  | ||
| foh | fohs | disgust  | |
| forsooth | in truth; indeed  | ||
| fuck | fucks | fucks, fucked, fucking | displeasure; (verb) to copulate with  |
| fudge | fudges | fudges, fudged, fudging | mild expletive; noun and verb forms from other meanings  |
| fy | reproach  | ||
| gad | gads | gads, gadded, gadding | euphemism for God; noun and verb forms from other meanings  |
| gadso | surprise  | ||
| gadsos | surprise  | ||
| gadzooks | a mild oath  | ||
| gardyloo | gardyloos | a warning cry given when throwing slops from the window into the street; (noun) the slops so thrown  | |
| gawd | gawds | god  | |
| gee | gees, geed, geeing | surprise; (verb) to urge on  | |
| geez | consternation  | ||
| gemini | surprise  | ||
| gemony | surprise  | ||
| gertcha | get away, get along  | ||
| gesundheit | (German) your health (said to someone who has just sneezed).  | ||
| giddap | gee up  | ||
| giddup | gee up  | ||
| giddyap | gee up  | ||
| giddyup | gee up  | ||
| godden | goddens | a dialect variant of good evening  | |
| godso | godsos | surprise  | |
| godspeed | godspeeds | goodwill at parting  | |
| goldarn | goldarns | anger  | |
| goldurn | goldurns | anger  | |
| golly | gollies | surprise or admiration; (noun) a golliwog  | |
| goodby | goodbys |   | |
| goodbye | goodbyes |   | |
| goodness | goodnesses | surprise  | |
| goodnight | goodnights |   | |
| goody | goodies | childish pleasure  | |
| gor | God  | ||
| gorblimey | surprise  | ||
| gorblimy | surprise  | ||
| gosh | euphemism for God  | ||
| gracious | surprise  | ||
| gramercy | gramercies | gratitude or surprise  | |
| gup | gups | remonstrance; (noun) gossip  | |
| ha | surprise  | ||
| haeremai | (Maori) welcome  | ||
| hah | hahs | surprise etc  | |
| haith | by my faith!  | ||
| hallaloo | hallaloos | hail  | |
| halleluiah | halleluiahs | a song of praise to God  | |
| hallelujah | hallelujahs | a song of praise to God  | |
| hallo | hallos | halloes, halloed, halloing | greeting  |
| halloa | halloas | halloas, halloaed, halloaing | greeting  |
| halloo | halloos | halloos, hallooed, hallooing | greeting  |
| haw | haws | haws, hawed, hawing | hesitation  |
| hech | surprise  | ||
| heigh | a cry of enquiry, encouragement  | ||
| hello | hellos | helloes, helloed, helloing | greeting  |
| heureka | heurekas | discovery  | |
| hewgh | the whistling of an arrow  | ||
| hey | heys | heys, heyed, heying | calling attention  |
| hi | calling attention  | ||
| hic | a hiccup  | ||
| hillo | hillos | hilloes, hilloed, hilloing | greeting  |
| hilloa | hilloas | hilloas, hilloaed, hilloaing | greeting  |
| hip | hips | hips, hipped, hipping | approbation; noun and verb forms form other meanings  |
| hist | hists, histed, histing | attracting attention  | |
| hiya | greeting  | ||
| hm | hesitation  | ||
| hmm | hesitation  | ||
| ho | hos | calling attention, expressing surprise  | |
| hoa | hoas, hoaed, hoaing | expressing surprise  | |
| hoh | hohs, hohed, hohing | calling attention, expressing surprise   | |
| hoi | attracting attention  | ||
| holla | hollas | hollas, hollaed, hollaing | greeting  |
| holloa | holloas | holloas, holloaed, holloaing | greeting  |
| hollo | hollos | holloes, holloed, holloing | greeting  |
| holloo | holloos | holloos, hollooed, hollooing | greeting  |
| hongi | hongis | (Maori) greeting, touching nose to nose  | |
| hoo | boisterous emotion  | ||
| hoorah | hoorahs | hoorahs, hoorahed, hoorahing | cheering  |
| hooray | hoorays | hoorays, hoorayed, hooraying | cheering  |
| hooroo | goodbye, cheerio  | ||
| hoosh | hooshes, hooshed, hooshing | used to drive away animals  | |
| hosanna | hosannas | hosannas, hosannaed, hosannaing | praise or adoration  |
| hosannah | hosannahs | hosannahs, hosannahed, hosannahing | praise or adoration  |
| howdie | howdies, howdied, howdying | greeting  | |
| hoy | hoys | hoys, hoyed, hoying | calling attention  |
| huddup | get up (to a horse)  | ||
| huh | contempt  | ||
| hullo | hullos | hulloes, hulloed, hulloing | greeting  |
| hulloa | hulloas | hulloas, hulloaed, hulloaing | greeting  |
| humf | humfs, humfed, humfing | contempt, doubt, etc  | |
| humph | humphs, humphed, humphing | contempt, doubt, etc  | |
| hunh | requesting repeating of an utterance  | ||
| hup | hups, hupped, hupping | go on, go faster  | |
| hurra | hurraed | cheering  | |
| hurrah | hurrahs, hurrahed, hurrahing | cheering  | |
| hurray | hurrays, hurrayed, hurraying | cheering  | |
| huzza | huzzas, huzzaed, huzzaing | cheering  | |
| huzzah | huzzahs, huzzahed, huzzahing | cheering  | |
| ichabod | 'the glory is departed'  | ||
| ick | disgust  | ||
| igad | a mild oath  | ||
| imshi | (army slang) go away  | ||
| imshy | (army slang) go away  | ||
| inshallah | if Allah wills  | ||
| io | ios | joy, triumph, grief  | |
| jambo | jambos | an E. African salutation  | |
| jeepers | surprise.  | ||
| jeez | consternation  | ||
| jiminy | surprise  | ||
| jimminy | surprise  | ||
| jokol | yes carl  | ||
| jordeloo | jordeloos | a warning cry given when throwing slops from the window into the street; (noun) the slops so thrown   | |
| kerchoo | a sneeze  | ||
| lackaday | regret or deprecation  | ||
| lawk | surprise  | ||
| lawks | surprise  | ||
| lo | see, look  | ||
| lor | a mild oath  | ||
| lordy | a mild oath  | ||
| losh | a mild oath  | ||
| lumme | surprise  | ||
| marry | marries, married, marrying | expostulation; verb forms from other meaning  | |
| mazeltov | (Yiddish) congratulations  | ||
| merde | merdes | (French) shit  | |
| mm | agreement  | ||
| musha | (Irish) surprise  | ||
| nah | no  | ||
| namaskar | namaskars | (India) greeting, accompanied by a slight bow with the palms pressed together before the chest or face.  | |
| namaste | namastes | (India) greeting, accompanied by a slight bow with the palms pressed together before the chest or face.  | |
| naw | no  | ||
| nerts | disgust  | ||
| nertz | disgust  | ||
| no | nos, noes | negation  | |
| nope | no  | ||
| och | dismay  | ||
| ochone | (Irish) lamentation  | ||
| odso | surprise  | ||
| odsos | surprise  | ||
| odzooks | a mild oath  | ||
| oh | ohs, ohed, ohing | surprise etc  | |
| oho | ohos | knowingness  | |
| ohone | (Irish) lamentation  | ||
| oi | drawing attention  | ||
| okeh | okehs | approval  | |
| okeydoke | approval  | ||
| okeydokey | approval  | ||
| ole | oles | (Spanish) approval  | |
| ooh | oohs, oohed, oohing | consternation etc  | |
| oons | God’s wounds  | ||
| oops | dismay  | ||
| ou | concession  | ||
| ouch | ouches | ouches, ouched, ouching | expressing pain; (noun) a socket in which a precious stone is set; (verb) to set a precious stone in a socket  |
| ow | expressing pain  | ||
| oyes | oyeses, oyesses | the call of a public crier for attention before making a proclamation   | |
| oyez | oyezes | the call of a public crier for attention before making a proclamation  | |
| pah | pahs | contempt; (noun) a New Zealand hill fort  | |
| pardee | assuredly, by God  | ||
| pardi | assuredly, by God  | ||
| pardie | assuredly, by God  | ||
| pardy | assuredly, by God  | ||
| peccavi | peccavis | admitting sin or guilt  | |
| perdie | assuredly, by God  | ||
| perdy | assuredly, by God  | ||
| perfay | by my faith!  | ||
| pfft | sudden ending  | ||
| pfui | scorn, contempt  | ||
| phew | relief, astonishment etc  | ||
| pho | phos | disgust  | |
| phooey | scorn, contempt  | ||
| phoh | phohs | disgust  | |
| phpht | mild irritation or annoyance  | ||
| pht | mild irritation or annoyance  | ||
| pish | pishes, pished, pishing | contempt  | |
| plaudite | an appeal for applause at the conclusion of a play or other performance  | ||
| poh | contempt  | ||
| poof | poofs | contempt, dismissal; (noun) a male homosexual  | |
| pooh | poohs, poohed, poohing | contempt  | |
| powwaw | pooh  | ||
| prithee | expressing a wish or request  | ||
| proface | good wishes at meals  | ||
| prosit | a toast to good health  | ||
| prost | a toast to good health  | ||
| prythee | expressing a wish or request   | ||
| pshaw | pshaws, pshawed, pshawing | contempt, disdain, dislike, etc  | |
| psst | attracting attention  | ||
| pst | attracting attention  | ||
| pugh | contempt  | ||
| puh | disgust  | ||
| quaere | quaeres | inquire (suggesting doubt, or desirability of investigation); (noun) a query  | |
| quep | remonstrance  | ||
| quotha | surprise or contempt  | ||
| rah | rahs, rahed, rahing | approbation  | |
| righto | rightos | cheerful consent  | |
| rivo | rivos | a drinking-cry  | |
| salaam | salaams | salaams, salaamed, salaaming | salutation; (verb) to perform a low bow with palm on forehead  |
| salve | salves | salves, salved, salving | a greeting; (noun, verb) ointment  |
| salvete | salvetes | a greeting, = SALVE but to more than one person  | |
| sapperment | a German oath  | ||
| sayonara | sayonaras | (Japanese) goodbye  | |
| sese | enough said  | ||
| sesey | enough said  | ||
| sessa | enough said  | ||
| sh | requesting silence  | ||
| sha | requesting silence  | ||
| shalom | shaloms | (Jewish) peace, used as a salutation at meeting or parting: peace  | |
| shh | requesting silence  | ||
| sholom | sholoms | (Jewish) peace, used as a salutation at meeting or parting: peace  | |
| shoo | shoos, shooed, shooing | driving away  | |
| shucks | deprecation  | ||
| skoal | skoals, skoaled, skoaling | a drinking toast; (verb) to propose such a toast  | |
| skol | a drinking toast  | ||
| slainte | good health!  | ||
| soho | a huntsman’s halloo  | ||
| sonties | a mild oath  | ||
| sooey | used to call pigs  | ||
| st | requesting silence  | ||
| strewth | a mild oath  | ||
| ta | tas | expressing thanks.  | |
| thankee | thank you.  | ||
| toho | tohos | a hunter’s call to pointers or setters to stop  | |
| toots | tootses, tootsed, tootsing | (Scots) disapproval  | |
| troggs | by my troth  | ||
| tsk | tsks, tsked, tsking | disapproval  | |
| tsktsk | tsktsks, tsktsked, tsktsking | disapproval  | |
| tush | tushes, tushed, tushing | disapproval  | |
| tut | tuts, tutted, tutting | rebuke, mild disapprobation  | |
| tuts | tuts, tutsed, tutsing | (Scots) rebuke, mild disapprobation  | |
| uds | a mild oath: God's or God save  | ||
| ugh | ughs | repugnance  | |
| uh | surprise  | ||
| um | doubt or hesitation  | ||
| umm | doubt or hesitation  | ||
| umph | doubt or dissatisfaction  | ||
| upadaisy | said to a child who has fallen over  | ||
| upsey | upseys | a bacchanalian cry; (noun) a carousal  | |
| ur | hesitation  | ||
| vale | vales | (Latin) farewell, to one person  | |
| valete | valetes | (Latin) farewell, to more than one person  | |
| varoom | varooms, varoomed, varooming | the sound of an engine revving or of a car travelling at high speed  | |
| viva | vivas | vivas, vivaed, vivaing | long live  |
| vivat | vivats | long live  | |
| voila | (French) there it is  | ||
| vroom | vrooms, vroomed, vrooming | the sound of an engine revving or of a car travelling at high speed  | |
| waly | walies | alas! Pl. is from noun WALY, finery.  | |
| waesuck | pity, alas!  | ||
| waesucks | pity, alas!  | ||
| welaway | alas  | ||
| welladay | alas  | ||
| welladays | alas  | ||
| wellanear | alas  | ||
| wellaway | alas  | ||
| wellaways | alas  | ||
| whammo | whammos | violent impact  | |
| whamo | violent impact  | ||
| whee | delight  | ||
| wheesh | wheeshes, wheeshed, wheeshing | calling for silence  | |
| wheesht | wheeshts, wheeshted, wheeshting | calling for silence  | |
| wheugh | wheughs, wheughed, wheughing | wonder, relief  | |
| whisht | whishts, whishted, whishting | calling for silence  | |
| whoa | stop  | ||
| whoops | concern  | ||
| whow | being impressed  | ||
| wirra | sorrow  | ||
| wisha | surprise [Irish mhuis]  | ||
| wotcher | greeting  | ||
| wowee | being impressed  | ||
| yah | yahs | derision  | |
| yay | yays | enthusiastic affirmation  | |
| yeah | affirmation  | ||
| yecch | yecchs | disgust  | |
| yech | yechs | disgust  | |
| yeh | affirmation  | ||
| yep | yeps | affirmation  | |
| yes | yeses | yesses, yessed, yessing | affirmation  |
| yike | alarm  | ||
| yikes | alarm  | ||
| yipe | fear or surprise  | ||
| yipes | fear or surprise  | ||
| yippee | delight  | ||
| yo | yos | calling for effort or attention  | |
| yoick | yoicks, yoicked, yoicking | a hunting cry to urge the hounds after the fox  | |
| yoicks | yoickses, yoicksed, yoicksing | a hunting cry to urge the hounds after the fox  | |
| yoop | yoops | representing a sobbing sound  | |
| yucch | disgust  | ||
| yuch | disgust  | ||
| yuk | yuks, yukked, yukking | disgust; (verb) to laugh loudly  | |
| yum | expressing relish  | ||
| yummy | yummies | expressing relish; (adj.) delicious: YUMMIER, YUMMIEST  | |
| yup | yups | affirmation  | |
| zooks | a mild oath (God’s hooks)  | ||
| zounds | a mild oath (God’s wounds)  | ||
| zowie | surprise  |