Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Hanging clear of the bottom. Used of an anchor.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Nautical, atrip.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb (Naut.) Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; -- said of the anchor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging
perpendicularly ;atrip ; said of theanchor .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (used of an anchor) hanging clear of the bottom
- adjective (of an anchor) just clear of the bottom
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His website and comment section would prove him a teatard and anchors aweigh malkin a proud fool.
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I found some second hand oars that fit nicely and it was anchors aweigh.
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I found some second hand oars that fit nicely and it was anchors aweigh.
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Anchors aweigh, ship ahoy, and all that— remember?
My Navy Daze Bob Lamb 2011
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May 3, 2010 at 3:45 pm r u gonna loaf ur life aweigh. com on bake hear!
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