avast
/əˈvɑːst
/exclamation Nautical
Stop; cease: a sailor is expected to keep hauling until the mate hollers ‘Avast!’...
- Time to splice yer mainbrace, stow yer bilge, avast yer scurvy dog.
- Avast there ye scalliwags!
Origin
Early 17th century: from Dutch hou'vast, houd vast 'hold fast!'.
This nautical term is from Dutch hou'vast, houd vast ‘hold fast!’.
Rhymes
- light box
- light breeze
- Light Brigade, Charge of the
- light bulb
- light-bulb moment
- light chain
- light-coloured
- light cone
- light cream
- light curve
- lighten
- lightener
- light engine
- lightening
- light entertainment
- lighter
- lighterage
- lighter fuel
- lighterman
- lighter socket
- lighter-than-air
- lightface
- lightfast
- lightfastness
- light-fingered