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Avast - What does it mean?

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avast

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • (nautical) hold fast!; desist!; stay!.
  • :* {{quote-book, year=1914
    • , year_published=2009 , edition=HTML , editor= , author=Edgar Rice Burroughs , title=The Mucker , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage="Avast there!" cried the captain, and as though to punctuate his remark he swung the heavy stick he usually carried full upon the back of Billy's head. }}
  • listen!; pay attention!.
    • Avast , ye landlubbers!

    Usage notes

    * The form "avast, ye!" (as in "Avast, Hoisting!" or "Avast, this noise" or "Avast ye landlubbers!!") is often seen, but this is nonstandard. * "Avast hauling!" is (or was, in 1950) still commonly used in U.S. Navy deck operations.

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.