Accost Common

Accost has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

Address; greeting.

Verb

speak to someone

address accost come up to

approach with an offer of sexual favors

"he was solicited by a prostitute"

"The young man was caught soliciting in the park"

hook solicit accost

To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.

The word comes from the Old French phrase a-coster, meaning "to stand beside." It combines the prefix a- with coste, which means "side" or "flank."

Rhyming Words

ost bost wost yost dost lost oost post rost most fost host nost cost jost coost frost roost joost thost

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