Ahoy Definition

ə-hoi
interjection
Used to hail a ship or to attract attention.
American Heritage
Used to hail a ship.
Ship ahoy!
Webster's New World

(nautical) Used to hail a ship, a boat or a person, or to attract attention.

Wiktionary
verb

To hail with a cry of "ahoy".

Wiktionary

Origin of Ahoy

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

    From Wiktionary

Ahoy Sentence Examples

  • We've also discovered that answering the phone with a loud " Ahoy there matey!

  • Increase your presence by sponsoring sections of LondonNet or an issue of our regular newsletter ahoy!

  • Ahoy, I have a claxon hooter which I imagine came off a destroyer.

  • From choosing an organic theme with shells and sea life to picking a couple of classic nautical icons, you can probably find hundreds if not thousands of décor items, furnishings and fixtures to put a little "Ahoy Matey" into your design.

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