Definitions
Used to hail a ship, a boat or a person, or to attract attention.
Word origin
From 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!”).
Used in a sentence
“While he was thus occupied, a voice, still more uncouth than the former, bawled aloud, ‘Ho! the house, a-hoy!’”
“Lawsuits, ahoy! […] Towns can regulate use of their beaches. But what about the waters offshore?”
“Catalytic converters ahoy – Zeppelin's latest is one of those high-rev 3D driving games that simulates racing tracks from all over the world.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Shipboard greeting”4 letters
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