Accost Definition & Meaning
accost
- verb
- speak to someone
- approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"
Words that rhyme with accost
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- What does accost mean?
- speak to someone approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"
- What part of speech is accost?
- Accost is a verb.
- How many definitions does accost have?
- Accost has 2 definitions across 1 part of speech (verb).