ahoy
Call between ships
Ahoy is historically associated with sailors but it works on land too.
After a noun it indicates that the thing named is within view or on its way: ship ahoy!
Seagoing transport vessel
- sailorSeafaring crew member
- oceanMassive saltwater body
- voyageJourney by sea
- anchorSecures ships to seabed
deck · helm · port · starboard · bow · stern · mast · rigging
Caribbean colonial-era pirate
- corsairPirate or pirate ship
- swashbucklerDaring, flamboyant swordsman
- BlackbeardFamous Caribbean buccaneer
- treasureValued wealth or keepsake
plunder · Jolly Roger · cutlass · scurvy · galleon · parrot · eyepatch · privateer
ship
Seagoing transport vessel
anchor · deck · helm · port · starboard · bow · stern · mast · rigging · compass
buccaneer
Caribbean colonial-era pirate
- corsairPirate or pirate ship
- swashbucklerDaring, flamboyant swordsman
- BlackbeardFamous Caribbean buccaneer
treasure · plunder · Jolly Roger · cutlass · scurvy · galleon · parrot · eyepatch · privateer · doubloon
hello
Common spoken greeting
- hiInformal spoken salutation
- salutationsFormal words of welcome
- howdyInformal rural greeting
hail · greetings · aloha · shalom · ciao · hey · halloo · yo · welcome · g'day
attention
Focused mental awareness
summons · alert · announcement · sighting · lookout · warning · approach · incoming · notification
- nautical phrasesaye aye, smooth sailing, all hands, all aboard, shipshape
- pirate talkarr, argh, aye, aye aye, matey
- Navy Slangaye aye, scuttlebutt, shipmate, swabbie, old salt
- old exclamationszounds, gadzooks, egad, egads, forsooth
- nautical termsafloat, aye aye, aye-aye, becalmed, anchor
- attention soundsahem, hey, pssst, psst, yo
- ship ahoyNautical sighting announcement
- land ahoyMaritime sighting announcement
- Chips AhoyBranded crunchy cookie product