yacht
[ yot ]
/ yɒt /
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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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
Related formsyacht·y, adjectivesu·per·yacht, noun
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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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Word Origin and History for yacht
yacht
1550s, yeaghe "a light, fast-sailing ship," probably from Norwegian jaght, from Middle Low German jacht, shortened form of jachtschip "fast pirate ship," literally "ship for chasing," from jacht "chase," from jagen "to chase, hunt," from Old High German jagon, from Proto-Germanic *jagojanan.
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