Meanings
- nauticalA cry used to announce that one of the crew or passengers has fallen over the side of the vessel.
1 more example
Hazel Strong was looking from her darkened port across the dark sea. Suddenly a body shot past her eyes from the deck above. It dropped so quickly into the dark waters below that she could not be sure of what it was—it might have been a man, she could not say. She listened for some outcry from above—for the always-fearsome call, “Man overboard!” but it did not come. All was silence on the ship above—all was silence in the sea below.
1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 105
Translations
Arabic شخصٌ سقط في الماء
- شخصٌ سقط في الماء (shakhson saqata fi alma')cry indicating someone has fallen over the side
Catalan home a l'aigua
- home a l'aiguacry indicating someone has fallen over the side
Chinese Mandarin 有人落水, 有人掉水里了
- 有人落水 (yǒurén luòshuǐ)cry indicating someone has fallen over the side
- 有人掉水里了 (yǒurén diào shuǐ lǐ le)cry indicating someone has fallen over the side
Czech muž přes palubu
- muž přes palubucry indicating someone has fallen over the side
Dutch man overboord
- man overboordcry indicating someone has fallen over the side
Estonian mees üle parda
- mees üle pardacry indicating someone has fallen over the side
Finnish mies yli laidan
- mies yli laidancry indicating someone has fallen over the side
French un homme à la mer
- un homme à la mercry indicating someone has fallen over the side
German Mann über Bord
- Mann über Bordcry indicating someone has fallen over the side
Greek άνθρωπος στη θάλασσα
- άνθρωπος στη θάλασσα (ánthropos sti thálassa)cry indicating someone has fallen over the side
Hebrew אָדָם בַּיָם
- אָדָם בַּיָם (adám bayám)cry indicating someone has fallen over the side
Hungarian ember a vízben
- ember a vízbencry indicating someone has fallen over the side
Irish fear i bhfarraige
- fear i bhfarraigecry indicating someone has fallen over the side
Italian uomo a mare
- uomo a marecry indicating someone has fallen over the side
Polish człowiek za burtą
- człowiek za burtącry indicating someone has fallen over the side
Portuguese homem ao mar
- homem ao marcry indicating someone has fallen over the side
Russian человек за бортом
- человек за бортом (čelovek za bortom)cry indicating someone has fallen over the side
Spanish hombre al agua
- hombre al aguacry indicating someone has fallen over the side
Swedish man över bord
- man över bordcry indicating someone has fallen over the side
Tagalog may nahulog sa tubig
- may nahulog sa tubigcry indicating someone has fallen over the side
Welsh dyn yn y môr
- dyn yn y môrcry indicating someone has fallen over the side
Cite this entry
man overboard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/man%20overboard
“man overboard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/man%20overboard. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “man overboard,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/man%20overboard.
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