ahoy
ahoy · ahoys · ahoyed · ahoying
To hail with a cry of "ahoy"To hail with a cry of "ahoy".
/əˈhɔɪ/
Meaning
1 sensesTo hail with a cry of "ahoy".
Origin
From a- + hoy (a nautical call used in hauling), from Middle English hoy (interjection), aFrom 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!”).
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Forms
ahoys, ahoying, ahoyed, ahoyedTenses
ahoy · ahoyed · will ahoy · have ahoyedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.