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Definition of yacht
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Definition of yacht (Entry 2 of 2)
intransitive verb
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Word History
obsolete Dutch jaght , from Middle Low German jacht , short for jachtschip , literally, hunting ship
1557, in the meaning defined above
1836, in the meaning defined above
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“Yacht.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yacht. Accessed 31 Mar. 2024.
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from obsolete Dutch jaght (now jacht ), short for jachtschip, literally, "hunting ship"
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a vessel used for private cruising, racing, or other noncommercial purposes.
to sail, voyage, or race in a yacht.
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Origin of yacht
Other words from yacht.
- yachty, adjective
- su·per·yacht, noun
Words that may be confused with yacht
- barge , boat , canoe , cruise ship , sailboat , ship , yacht
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How to use yacht in a sentence
As City News explained it, the bribes were paid not only in cash but through rugs, antiques, furniture, yacht club fees, boat repairs and more.
In Ashburn, Snyder is always lurking in spirit, even if he is on his 305-foot yacht somewhere in the Aegean.
Driving across country in a gigantic land yacht —with its crushed-velour seats and faux wood siding—was more practical than a two-door hot rod.
Host Jason Moore chats with experts who share tips harvested from their real-life experiences, such as a couple who paid off their $70,000 debt to travel full time and a woman who left her corporate job to work on a yacht .
Until Thursday, when federal agents escorted him off a 150-foot yacht moored in Long Island Sound, the word often used to describe Steve Bannon was “irrelevant.”
Instead the money allegedly was spent on luxury cars and a yacht club membership, among other things.
Loeb owns a $100 million penthouse on Central Park West and a $50 million yacht .
Solaire has set up charging capabilities at a project it built at a yacht club in Massachusetts, for example.
On my way back into town, I walked by the fortress of tents surrounding the harbor, readying for the yacht show.
Newly-minted Londoner, Lindsay Lohan, is currently chilling out on a yacht in Italy.
I heard her say to one of the servants once that my father had been lost on a yacht , and that he was oh, ever such a handsome man.
He owned a 54-ton yacht named the Opal, and attributed the wonderful health he enjoyed to his numerous sea voyages.
Another yacht had started from the old boathouse at about the time our friends and their new-fangled craft got under way.
Caermarthen ordered out his wonderful yacht , and hastened to complain to the King, who was then at Loo.
The yacht had long turned the head of the island and was beating down alongshore in the eastern bay.
British Dictionary definitions for yacht
/ ( jɒt ) /
a vessel propelled by sail or power, used esp for pleasure cruising, racing, etc
short for sand yacht , ice yacht
(intr) to sail or cruise in a yacht
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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The America's Cup is a yacht race which was first held in 1851
Definition of yacht
- an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
- travel in a yacht
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- bateau de plaisance, peut être à voile ou à moteur
Synonyms of yacht
- vaurien pronunciation vaurien [ fr ]
- bateau de plaisance pronunciation bateau de plaisance [ fr ]
- voilier pronunciation voilier [ fr ]
- navire pronunciation navire [ fr ]
- barque pronunciation barque [ fr ]
- bâtiment pronunciation bâtiment [ fr ]
- cargo pronunciation cargo [ fr ]
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yacht: [noun] any of various recreational watercraft: such as. a sailboat used for racing. a large usually motor-driven craft used for pleasure cruising.
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