dreamboat
Americannoun
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a highly attractive or desirable person.
Look at these vintage pics I found of Grandpa in uniform—he was a real dreamboat back in the day!
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Older Use. a luxuriously designed car.
noun
Etymology
Origin of dreamboat
Example Sentences
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Lerman is the former teen dreamboat of “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” and the “Percy Jackson” series, and he’s interesting casting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025
“So,” said the dreamboat climber man, “you really need to have both hands on the rope when you belay. It’s not safe the way you’re doing it. You’ll get in trouble with the gym staff.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024
Farrell is a glittering bauble of a man, an architecture-loving manic-pixie dreamboat, a walking interrobang, but he’ll never be more captivating than his creator and, by extension, his creator’s stand-in.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2023
"Bridgerton" established Page as the unattainable dreamboat everybody wants to be around, prime attributes for a paladin, a class requiring high charisma.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2023
“Just so you know, in case you want to spend some quality time with dreamboat over there.”
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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