ahoy

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a·hoy

(ə-hoi′)

interj.

Used to hail a ship or to attract attention.

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ahoy

(əˈhɔɪ)

interj

(Nautical Terms) nautical a hail used to call a ship or to attract attention

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

a•hoy

(əˈhɔɪ)

interj.

(used at sea to hail another ship, attract attention, etc.)

[1745–55; variant of hoy a shout. compare aha, ahem]

Translations

ol...!

ahoy

[əˈhɔɪ] EXCL ship ahoy! → ¡barco a la vista!
ahoy there! → ¡ah del barco!

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

ahoy

[əˈhɔɪ] excl → ohé!
ship ahoy! → ohé du navire!

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

ahoy

interj (Naut) → ahoi; ship ahoy! → Schiff ahoi!

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

ahoy

[əˈhɔɪ] excl → ehi!
ship ahoy! → ehi della nave!

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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At this moment her thoughts were interrupted by a loud shouting of 'Ahoy! Ahoy!

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But it was stayed even in the act, for "Boat ahoy!" rang over the lagoon in Hook's voice, and this time it was not Peter who had spoken.

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Harris wanted to cable his mother--thought it his duty to do that, as he was all she had in this world--so, while he attended to this, I went down to the longest and finest raft and hailed the captain with a hearty "Ahoy, shipmate!" which put us upon pleasant terms at once, and we entered upon business.

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Arrived then at this spot, with one hand still to his nose, he bawled -- Bouton-de-Rose, ahoy! are there any of you Bouton-de-Roses that speak English?

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A doleful voice arose hail- ing somewhere in the middle of the dock, 'Judea ahoy!'

People pointed us out to visitors as 'That 'ere bark that's going to Bankok--has been here six months--put back three times.' On holidays the small boys pulling about in boats would hail, 'Judea, ahoy!' and if a head showed above the rail shouted, 'Where you bound to?-- Bankok?' and jeered.

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It hasn't any beginning, nor any middle, but there will be a thrilling ending, something like this: let me see; joy, boy, toy, ahoy, decoy, alloy:--

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At the same moment the silence of the snowy waste outside was broken by a shouting of voices hailing the hut--" Sea-mew , ahoy!"

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I watched the town recede still and soundless in the hot night, till the abrupt hail, "Steam-launch, ahoy!" made me spin round face forward.

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"Ahoy adhered to all these standards to make three fantastic television shows in May next year and that was why we eventually gave them the thumbs up."

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