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dreamboat

American  
[dreem-boht] / ˈdrimˌboʊt /

noun

Slang.
  1. 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!

  2. Older Use. a luxuriously designed car.


dreamboat British  
/ ˈdriːmˌbəʊt /

noun

  1. old-fashioned an exceptionally attractive person or thing, esp a person of the opposite sex

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Etymology

Origin of dreamboat

First recorded in 1940–45; dream + boat

Example Sentences

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I was so desperate to make things work with the dreamboat climber man.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024

Indeed, Gosling leans all the way into “I’m Just Ken,” finding the emotional truth in the windblown 1980s-style power ballad about how even a dreamboat can struggle with insecurity in a place like Barbie Land.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2023

He is the kind of dreamboat who has both abs and sensitivity, and can show Amanda not just his country’s beauty, but how to enjoy life.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 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

Anatole, the schoolteacher, is twenty-four years of age, with all his fingers still on, both eyes and both feet, and that is the local idea of a top-throb dreamboat.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver