ahoy

Meanings

Interjection

Used to hail a ship, a boat or a person, or to attract attention.
Warning of something approaching or impending.

Verb

To hail with a cry of "ahoy".

Noun

An utterance of this interjection.

Origin

From "a-hoy", hoy being a Middle English greeting dating back to the fourteenth century.

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