aye aye
/ˈaɪˈaɪ/
aye aye interjection: response to ahoy if a commissioned officer is in the boat.
Interjection (1)
- Response to ahoy if a commissioned officer is in the boat.
- I acknowledge and will comply.
Interjection (2)
- Used as a greeting or introduction, often expressing caution, surprise, or curiosity.
- titus. Brutus, I heard the ſtrangeſt thing laſt week!--- brutus. Aye, aye! What was it? Tell me.1779, Hugh Downman, act III, scene III, in Lucius Junius Brutus; or, The Expulsion of the Tarquins: An Historical Play, London: […] J[ohn] Wilkie, […] Fielding and Walker, […] G[eorge] Kearsley, […]...
- “One night the voice of the bulbul was echoing louder than ever through the desolate old castle, and the miser’s heart trembled with anxiety and fear. […] / “‘Drat the bird!’ quoth the miser. ‘Her hateful song draws silly people forth from their homes even at this late hour, till darkness and the...1854, F[red] A[rthur] Neale, “Evening the Fourth”, in Evenings at Antioch; with Sketches of Syrian Life, London: Eyre and Williams, […], →OCLC, page 126
Forms of aye aye
| alternative form | ay, ay |
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| alternative form | aye, aye |
| alternative form | aye-aye |
Origin of aye aye
Reduplication of aye (“yes”).
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Questions about aye aye
- What does aye aye mean?
- Aye aye means response to ahoy if a commissioned officer is in the boat.
- What part of speech is aye aye?
- Aye aye is an interjection.
- How do you pronounce aye aye?
- Aye aye is pronounced /ˈaɪˈaɪ/.
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