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
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
“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
I also knew he liked me a lot but only as a friend or a dreamboat with a leak in it.
From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel
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