avast
pronunciation
How to pronounce avast in British English:
UK [ə'vɑ:st]
How to pronounce avast in American English:
US [ə'væst]
Word Origin
- avast
- 1680s, a nautical interjection, "hold! stop!" probably worn down from Dutch houd vast "hold fast." AVAST. -- The order to stop, or pause, in any exercise or operation; as Avast heaving -- that is to say, desist, or stop, from drawing in the cable or hawser, by means of the capstan &c. [George Biddlecombe, "The Art of Rigging," 1848]
Example
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