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ohoy

ohoy is the alternative form of ahoy.

Meaning of ahoy

Interjection

  1. Used to hail a ship, a boat or a person, or to attract attention.
    • While he was thus occupied, a voice, still more uncouth than the former, bawled aloud, ‘Ho! the house, a-hoy!’1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
    Synonyms:
    oi
  2. (humorous) Warning of something approaching or impending.
    • Lawsuits, ahoy! […] Towns can regulate use of their beaches. But what about the waters offshore?1989, Forbes, volume 143, numbers 5-7, page 74

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Questions about ohoy

What is ohoy the alternative form of?
Ohoy is the alternative form of ahoy.

Words near ohoy in the dictionary

  1. ohnologues
  2. ohnosecond
  3. ohnoseconds
  4. oho
  5. Ohomo
  6. ohoy
  7. Ohoyamatsumi
  8. OHP
  9. OHPs
  10. Ohrid
  11. Ohrmazd

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