woman overboard
Deck cry, female
Woman overboard is a maritime emergency call indicating a female person has fallen from a vessel into the water.
The gendered form parallels man overboard, though the latter remains the standard nautical term regardless of who falls.
Woman overboard! Stop the engines!
- search and rescueFinding and saving people
- rescue missionOperation to save someone
- cryVocal expression of emotion
- shipwreckDestroyed vessel at sea
- coast guardMaritime safety and rescue service
adrift · lifeboat · cold · life jacket · capsized · wet · deep water · survival kit · shout · call for help · SOS · sinking feeling · panic · fight or flight · flare gun · female empowerment · gender roles · distress signal
emergency status
woman overboarddrill
Hole-boring device
false alarm · training exercise · all clear · practice drill · stand down
woman, overboard, women, womanly, womanhood, womanish, board, boards, boarding