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avast
UK /əˈvɑːst/ US /əˈvæst/
intj 2
Collocations
3VERB + AVAST
drag
AVAST + NOUN
gascoigne
PREP.
in
Definitions
intj
1
Hold fast!; cease!; stop!
Then pull avvay, hoa up, hoa up, hoa up, ſo avaſt there, Sir.
Avaſt, brother, avaſt! ſheer off—Yo ho! you turnkey, vvhy don't you keep a better look out? here's one of your crazy priſoners broke from his laſhings, I do ſuppoſe.
2
In imitation of pirates: listen!; pay attention!
Avast, ye landlubbers!
[“Pirate Talk: How to Make It Work for You”, page 35] Avast—"Stop and give attention." It can be used in a sense of surprise: "Whoa! Get a load of that!" when a beautiful woman walks into the room. "Avast! Check out the bowsprit on that fine beauty!" you might say. […] [“Cap’n Slappy’s Practical Parrot Pointers”, page 166] Arrrr! Avast, Cap'n Slappy. Does ye know where the treasure of the Sierra Madre be buried? If ye don't tell me its whereabouts, I'll have to swing ye from the yardarm, matey.
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Then pull avvay, hoa up, hoa up, hoa up, ſo avaſt there, Sir.
Wiktionary02
Avaſt, brother, avaſt! ſheer off—Yo ho! you turnkey, vvhy don't you keep a better look out? here's one of your crazy priſoners broke from his laſhings, I do ſuppoſe.
Wiktionary03
[T]he sail went into the water, and he could not drag it in. "Avast heaving," said Gascoigne, "till I throw her up and take the wind out of it."
Wiktionary04
Avast!
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