ahold
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 5
/əˈhoʊld/
Definition of ahold
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adv
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(not-comparable, obsolete)Brought to lie as near to the windward as it can to get out to sea, and thereby held steady.
“Lay her a hold, a hold, ſet her two courſes off to Sea againe, lay her off.”
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adv
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(not-comparable, obsolete)Brought to lie as near to the windward as it can to get out to sea, and thereby held steady.
“Lay her a hold, a hold, ſet her two courſes off to Sea againe, lay her off.”
noun
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(informal, uncountable)A hold, grip, grasp.
“GET AHOLD OF YOURSELF!”
“Uh-oh... I guess I shouldn't have given my last babysitter such a hard time. Somehow she got ahold of the video Mom took of me running around without my diaper ... and posted it on YouTube.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From a- (“on”) + hold.
Words you can make from ahold
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