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

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

From Los Angeles Times

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

From BBC

He completed the challenge by swimming for six hours and then resting for six hours on a dedicated support yacht.

From BBC

In June, a yacht carrying Thunberg and several other activists - and a symbolic amount of humanitarian aid - was intercepted by Israeli forces as it tried to reach Gaza.

From BBC

The Ukrainian is suspected of being one of the masterminds of the operation, which involved charting a yacht and sailing from the German port of Rostock.

From BBC

Related Words

• racer 
• sailboat 
• sloop