Definition of "accost" in Englisch

verb

1. (transitive) To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.

   • A beggar accosted me as soon as I stepped outside.

2. (transitive, obsolete) To join side to side; to border.

3. (by extension, transitive, obsolete) To sail along the coast or side of.

4. (transitive, obsolete) To approach; to come up to.

5. (transitive) To speak to first; to address; to greet.

6. (intransitive, obsolete) To adjoin; to lie alongside.

7. (transitive) To assault.

8. (transitive) To solicit sexually.

noun

1. (rare) Address; greeting.

2. An attack.