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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. 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!
Origin Mid 18th century: from ah + hoy1. Rhymes alloy, 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. 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.
Phrases An exclamation announcing the sighting of land from a ship. 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.
Origin Mid 18th century: from ah + hoy. |