noun
- a movable bridge used for boarding or leaving a ship
- a passage between rows of seats
- a temporary bridge or walkway
Usage: nautical
exclamation
- used to tell people to move out of the way
Usage: British
Examples
- The passengers walked down the gangway to board the cruise ship.
- Please keep the gangway clear during the emergency drill.
- She hurried down the gangway between the theater seats.
- The construction workers built a temporary gangway over the ditch.
- Gangway! Coming through with hot soup!
- The crew lowered the gangway so visitors could come aboard.
- He tripped while crossing the narrow gangway.
- The captain shouted ‘Gangway!’ as he rushed past the sailors.