accost
21accost — ac·cost || É™ kÉ’st v. approach, confront, waylay (often aggressively); solicit, proposition …
22accost — verb approach and address boldly or aggressively. Origin C16 (orig. in the sense lie or go alongside ): from Fr. accoster, from Ital. accostare, from L. ad to + costa rib, side …
23accost — v. a. Come alongside, confront, approach, draw near, address, salute, greet, speak to, make up to …
24accost — verb (T) to go towards someone you do not know and speak to them in an unpleasant or threatening way: On the station she was accosted by a man asking for money …
25accost — verb police accosted him in the street Syn: confront, call to, shout to, hail, address, speak to; approach, detain, stop, waylay; informal buttonhole, collar, bend someone s ear …
26accost — v 1. assail, confront boldly, attack; assault, set upon, aggress, waylay; charge, storm, invade; bother, trouble, annoy, harass, molest, harry, bully; badger, nag, pester, pursue, importune; encounter, meet, face, meet face to face, front,… …
27accost — ac·cost …
28accost — [əˈkɒst] verb [T] formal to stop someone and speak to them, especially when this annoys them …
29accost — ac•cost [[t]əˈkɔst, əˈkɒst[/t]] v. t. 1) to confront boldly 2) to approach with a greeting, question, or remark • Etymology: 1570–80; < LL accostāre to be or put side by side. See ac , coast ac•cost′a•ble, adj …
30accost — /əˈkɒst / (say uh kost) verb (t) 1. to approach, especially abruptly, to ask a question, make a request, or confront with an accusation, etc. 2. (of a prostitute) to solicit (a client). {French accoster, from Late Latin accostāre put side by… …
