yacht
noun
a vessel used for private cruising, racing, or other noncommercial purposes.
is yachting
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present progressiveof yacht (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Its senior partner is George Mallory Pynchon, whose great hobby is yachting.
From Time Magazine Archive
Defferre, the veteran of several Fourth Republic revolving-door governments, whose favorite recreation is yachting, is hardly likely to appeal to the hard-core left, which includes a sizable Communist vote of some 20% to 25%.
From Time Magazine Archive
If there is any single arena where the phrase "He who dies with the most toys wins" has been taken to heart, it is yachting.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Clifton is yachting, Royal and I had a little misunderstanding, and Dick Potter is too effusive."
From The Man Between, an International Romance by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
The only thing I really enjoy that is respectable is yachting, and then I have trouble to find good fellows who have time to go with me.
From Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast by Charles Clark Munn
