ahoy
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ahoy
- /əˈhɔɪ/
Rhymes with -ɔɪ
Where it comes from
From a- + hoy (a nautical call used in hauling), from Middle English hoy (interjection), a greeting dating back to the fourteenth century. Compare Dutch hoi (“hi!, hello!”).
interjection a-hoy
- Used to hail a ship, a boat or a person, or to attract attention. While he was thus occupied, a voice, still more uncouth than the former, bawled aloud, ‘Ho! the house, a-hoy!’
- Warning of something approaching or impending. Lawsuits, ahoy! […] Towns can regulate use of their beaches. But what about the waters offshore?
Similar: yo
verb ahoys · ahoying · ahoyed · a-hoy
- To hail with a cry of "ahoy".
noun ahoys · a-hoy
- An utterance of this interjection. There were many ahoys heard from the approaching ship.
