Ahoy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • interjection. Used to hail a ship or a person or to attract attention.
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  • interjection. Used to hail a ship, a boat or a person, or to attract attention.
  • v. To hail with a cry of "ahoy".
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • interjection. A term used in hailing.”
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Nautical, an exclamation used to attract the attention of persons at a distance: as, ship ahoy!
    • Word Usage
    "And then there's the pub, all brown and homely inside, but with seats outside where you can watch the activity on the water as the boats dislodge their holidaymaker crews in search of a pie and a pint, and people who look like habitual landlubbers establish their credentials by shouting commands which incorporate such seafarer words as "ahoy"."
    Form
    land ahoy    ship ahoy   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Elroy    Floy    Goy    Illinois    Joy    Oi    Roy    Savoy    Troy    annoy   
    Same Context
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