Yoohoo vs Ahoy - What's the difference?
yoohoo | ahoy |
Ahoy is a see also of yoohoo. Yoohoo is a see also of ahoy. As interjections the difference between yoohoo and ahoy is that yoohoo is used to get attention while ahoy is (nautical) used to hail a ship, a boat or a person, or to attract attention. As verbs the difference between yoohoo and ahoy is that yoohoo is to give a cry of "yoohoo" while ahoy is to hail with a cry of "ahoy".
yoohoo English
Interjection
( en interjection)
Used to get attention.
- Yoohoo! I think you dropped this.
Verb
( en verb)
To give a cry of "yoohoo".
See also
* hey
*ahoy
* yahoo
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ahoy English
Interjection
( en interjection)
(nautical) Used to hail a ship, a boat or a person, or to attract attention.
* 1751: While he was thus occupied, a voice, still more uncouth than the former, bawled aloud, ‘Ho! the house, a-hoy!’'', (The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle), (Tobias Smollett).
*, chapter=7
, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients
, passage=I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “ Ahoy! ” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan.}}
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;
** "flag" if an admiral is in the boat.
Derived terms
* land ahoy
* ship ahoy
* ahoj (Czech, Slovak greeting)
Verb
( en verb)
To hail with a cry of "ahoy".
Anagrams
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References
See also
* yoohoo
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