English
Interjection
en-intj
- nautical Used to hail a ship, a boat or a person, or to attract attention.
Usage notes
Traditionally, when used from a ship to hail an approaching boat, the standard responses are: "aye aye", if a commissioned officer is in the boat; "no no" - if no officer is in the boat; name of ship if the captain of another ship is in the boat; and "flag" if an admiral is in the boat.
Derived terms
land ahoy
ship ahoy
Translations
trans-top|used to hail a ship, etc
Dutch: ahoi
Finnish: ohoi!
German: Ahoi!
trans-mid
Swedish: ohoj!, åhoj!
trans-bottom
Category:Dutch derivations
io:ahoy
fi:ahoy
vi:ahoy
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