ACCOST
Dictionary entry overview: What does accost mean?
• ACCOST (verb)
The verb ACCOST has 2 senses:
1. speak to someone
2. approach with an offer of sexual favors
Familiarity information: ACCOST used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ACCOST (verb)
Meaning:
Speak to someone
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
accost; come up to; address
Hypernyms (to "accost" is one way to...):
come; come up (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "accost"):
greet; recognise; recognize (express greetings upon meeting someone)
approach (make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Approach with an offer of sexual favors
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
accost; solicit; hook
Context examples:
he was solicited by a prostitute / The young man was caught soliciting in the park
Hypernyms (to "accost" is one way to...):
offer (make available or accessible, provide or furnish)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
