yacht

[ yot ]

/ yɒt /

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noun

a vessel used for private cruising, racing, or other noncommercial purposes.

verb (used without object)

to sail, voyage, or race in a yacht.

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"EVERYDAY" VS. "EVERY DAY" QUIZ: IS IT ONE WORD OR TWO?

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Origin of yacht

1550–60; < early Dutch jaght, short for jaghtschip hunting ship, equivalent to Dutch jacht hunt (derivative of jagen to hunt) + schip ship¹

OTHER WORDS FROM yacht

yacht·y, adjectivesu·per·yacht, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH yacht

barge boat canoe cruise ship sailboat ship yacht

Words nearby yacht

yabber, yabby, yablonovy mountains, yablonovyy range, yacca, yacht, yacht chair, yacht club, yachtie, yachting, yachtsman

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Example sentences from the Web for yacht

Instead the money allegedly was spent on luxury cars and a yacht club membership, among other things.
Obama’s Golf Buddy May Be a ‘Hostile Witness’ in Chicago Corruption Case|Ben Jacobs|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Loeb owns a $100 million penthouse on Central Park West and a $50 million yacht.
Hunger Games Comes to New York State’s Public Schools|Zephyr Teachout|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Solaire has set up charging capabilities at a project it built at a yacht club in Massachusetts, for example.
Paved Paradise|The Daily Beast|September 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On my way back into town, I walked by the fortress of tents surrounding the harbor, readying for the yacht show.
No Movie Stars, No Red Carpet, But Off-Season Cannes Is Still Magic|Liza Foreman|September 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Newly-minted Londoner, Lindsay Lohan, is currently chilling out on a yacht in Italy.
Lindsay Lohan Parties in Europe And Posts Revealing Instagram From Yacht|Tom Sykes|July 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Some of the sailors on board the yacht prepared to lower a boat from the davits, but Pepper Sneed held back.
The Moving Picture Girls|Laura Lee Hope
Then a yacht was built, manned by two men, and it was the delight of Peter to take the helm himself.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume VIII|John Lord
They carried her on her yacht—doctors, nurses, all the retinue—and sailed far out from shore.
Adrienne Toner|Anne Douglas Sedgwick
If she says ‘Yes,’ sell out—give up hunting—drive her about in a phaeton, and buy a yacht.
General Bounce|G. J. Whyte-Melville
Coincident with this, the yacht struck again very slightly at the bows.
The Rival Campers Afloat|Ruel Perley Smith

British Dictionary definitions for yacht

yacht

/ (jɒt) /

noun

a vessel propelled by sail or power, used esp for pleasure cruising, racing, etc

short for sand yacht, ice yacht

verb

(intr) to sail or cruise in a yacht

Word Origin for yacht

C16: from obsolete Dutch jaghte, short for jahtschip, from jagen to chase + schip ship

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yacht

noun

verb (used without object)

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"EVERYDAY" VS. "EVERY DAY" QUIZ: IS IT ONE WORD OR TWO?

Origin of yacht

OTHER WORDS FROM yacht

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH yacht

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Example sentences from the Web for yacht

British Dictionary definitions for yacht

noun

verb

Word Origin for yacht