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aye-aye, sir

aye-aye, sir is the alternative form of aye aye.

Meaning of aye aye

Interjection

  1. Response to ahoy if a commissioned officer is in the boat.
  2. I acknowledge and will comply.

See all 3 meanings of aye aye

Phrase capitalized: aye-aye, Sir

aye-aye, Sir

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of aye aye, sir.
    • Mr. B—— said warningly through his speaking tube to the engineer: “Stand by, now!” / “Aye-aye, Sir.”1875 February 4, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “Piloting on the Mississippi. Dodging an Island in a Shallow Channel After Dark.”, in J. T. Talbot, W. P. Harding, editors, The...
    • Self: “Can you tell me what that building up there is?” / Native: “Aye-aye, Sir.”1878 July 18, A.H.M., “Round England in Ten Days.—III.”, in The Bath Chronicle. […], volume 122, number 6242, Bath, Somerset, →OCLC, page 7, column 5

Questions about aye-aye, sir

What is aye-aye, sir the alternative form of?
Aye-aye, sir is the alternative form of aye aye.
What part of speech is aye-aye, sir?
Aye-aye, sir is a phrase.

Words near aye-aye, sir in the dictionary

  1. aye aye, sir
  2. aye man
  3. aye, aye
  4. aye, aye, sir
  5. aye-aye
  6. aye-aye, sir
  7. aye-ayes
  8. ayeaye
  9. ayeayes
  10. ayed
  11. ayeeko

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