avast
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verb imperative \ə-ˈvast\Definition of AVAST
—a nautical command to stop or cease
Origin of AVAST
perhaps from Dutch houd vast hold fast
First Known Use: 1681
Rhymes with AVAST
aghast, at last, bedfast, Belfast, bombast, broadcast, bypast, contrast, dicast, dismast, downcast, dynast, fantast, flypast, forecast, foremast, forepassed, full blast, gymnast, half-caste, half-mast, handfast, holdfast, lightfast, mainmast, makefast, march-past, miscast, newscast, oblast, offcast, outcast, outcaste, precast, recast, repast, roughcast, sandblast, sand-cast, shamefast, sportscast, topmast, trade-last, typecast, upcast, webcast, windblast
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