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/wɜɹd/ interjection C2
  1. Truth, indeed, that is the truth! The shortened form of the statement "My word is my bond." (slang) · "Yo, that movie was epic!" / "Word?" ("You speak the truth?") / "Word." ("I speak the truth.")
  2. An abbreviated form of word up; a statement of the acknowledgment of fact with a hint of nonchalant approval. (slang)
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Not a word will he disclose,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 22 · C1
Not a word of all he knows.
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 22 · C1
The Antipathies, I think—” (she was rather glad there _was_ no one listening, this time, as it didn’t sound at all the right word) “—but I shall have to ask them what the name of the country is, you know.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 3 · B2
She said the last word with such sudden violence that Alice quite jumped; but she saw in another moment that it was addressed to the baby, and not to her, so she took courage, and went on again:—
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 42 · B2

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