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Definition of ahoy in English: ahoyexclamation əˈhɔɪəˈhɔɪ Nautical humorous A call used to greet someone or draw attention to something from a distance. 喂！ Example sentencesExamples - I mean, this was a man who greeted somebody travelling in a land-based vehicle with the words ‘Well ahoy there.’
- The ref blows for full time - golden goal or penalties ahoy!
- It will be ship ahoy for the brave mum-of-two Marie next Tuesday as she takes up the Cabin Fever challenge on board a 90 ft Schooner ship.
- Christmas ahoy: Christmas parties are the next big thing in the pipeline in the area.
- We didn't know what it was going to be like when we started, but as we got into it, more and more people, all the emails I get now instead of hi Peter, it's ahoy!
OriginMid 18th century: from ah + hoy1. Rhymesalloy, Amoy, annoy, boy, buoy, cloy, coy, destroy, employ, enjoy, Hanoi, hoi polloi, hoy, Illinois, joy, koi, oi, ploy, poi, Roy, savoy, soy, tatsoi, toy, trompe l'œil, troy Definition of ahoy in US English: ahoyexclamationəˈhoiəˈhɔɪ Nautical humorous A call used to greet someone or draw attention to something from a distance. 喂！ Example sentencesExamples - The ref blows for full time - golden goal or penalties ahoy!
- It will be ship ahoy for the brave mum-of-two Marie next Tuesday as she takes up the Cabin Fever challenge on board a 90 ft Schooner ship.
- We didn't know what it was going to be like when we started, but as we got into it, more and more people, all the emails I get now instead of hi Peter, it's ahoy!
- I mean, this was a man who greeted somebody travelling in a land-based vehicle with the words ‘Well ahoy there.’
- Christmas ahoy: Christmas parties are the next big thing in the pipeline in the area.
PhrasesAn exclamation announcing the sighting of land from a ship. 啊嗬（从船上看到陆地时的感叹语） Example sentencesExamples - Tempted by the memories of too many pirate movies as a kid, I shout, only a little maliciously, ‘Land ahoy!’
- I am woken from my dreams as the lookout guards shout Land Ahoy! Britain is in sight.
- From high above the voice of a man hollered, ‘Land ahoy!’
- Jimmy the lookout boy called Land ahoy!
- On the morning of day 13, I called Land Ahoy as Antiguas east coast hove into view.
OriginMid 18th century: from ah + hoy. |