yacht

[yot]

noun

1. a vessel used for private cruising, racing, or other noncommercial purposes.

verb (used without object)

1. to sail, voyage, or race in a yacht.

yacht

/ jɒt /

noun

1. a vessel propelled by sail or power, used esp for pleasure cruising, racing, etc

2. short for sand yacht ice yacht

verb

1. (intr) to sail or cruise in a yacht

Other Word Forms

• yachty adjective
• superyacht noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of yacht¹

1550–60; < early Dutch jaght, short for jaghtschip hunting ship, equivalent to Dutch jacht hunt (derivative of jagen to hunt) + schip ship ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of yacht¹

C16: from obsolete Dutch jaghte, short for jahtschip, from jagen to chase + schip _ship

Example Sentences

All bids will remain sealed, with the highest bidder winning the yacht.

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Prosecutors believe the suspects were part of a team that sailed a yacht called Andromeda from the German port of Rostock out into the Baltic near the Danish island of Bornholm.

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Israeli authorities have ridiculed the GSF flotilla and similar seaborne attempts to reach the territory, calling the boat Thunberg travelled on in June a "selfie yacht".

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Classic mystery crime: the teen-age couple tried and acquitted for dynamiting her parents aboard their yacht in Newport Harbor.

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They dated, Sarm stayed on Mr Bane's yacht, and - after three months - the relationship turned serious.

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Related Words

• racer 
• sailboat 
• sloop