Associations to the word «Accost»

Wiktionary

ACCOST, verb. (transitive) To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.

ACCOST, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of.

ACCOST, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To approach; to come up to.

ACCOST, verb. (transitive) To speak to first; to address; to greet.

ACCOST, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) To adjoin; to lie alongside.

ACCOST, verb. To solicit sexually.

ACCOST, noun. (rare) Address; greeting.

ACCOST, verb. Speak to someone.

ACCOST, verb. Approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park".

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John Locke