ahold
adverbnouncommon in dialogue
- //əˈhoʊld//
A hold, grip, grasp.
adverb
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obsoleteBrought 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.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- Proto-Germanic *haldaną Proto-West Germanic *haldan Old English healdan Middle English holden English hold English ahold From a- (“on”) + hold.
noun
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informalA 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.
Etymology
From a + hold.