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yachting

American  
[yot-ing] / ˈyɒt ɪŋ /

noun

  1. the practice or sport of sailing or voyaging in a yacht.

yachting British  
/ ˈjɒtɪŋ /

noun

    1. the sport or practice of navigating a yacht

    2. ( as modifier )

      yachting clothes
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of yachting

First recorded in 1830–40; yacht + -ing 1

Example Sentences

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It isn’t hard to think that Jeff Bezos left his role as Amazon.com’s CEO to enjoy a slower life filled with yachting and celebrity parties.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025

There have been many other sporting knighthoods and damehoods, including in athletics, yachting, football, golf, tennis, horse racing, cycling and rowing.

From BBC • May 30, 2025

Along the way, he wrote crime novels focused on the Orange County yachting set, upper-crust dog show fans, Palm Springs country clubs, the America’s Cup, and the Nobel Prize.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025

But in his most trenchant analysis during the Hewitt interview, Trump explained that years ago he sold his luxury yacht because he preferred playing golf to yachting.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2024

There was a small picture of Gatsby, also in yachting costume, on the bureau--Gatsby with his head thrown back defiantly--taken apparently when he was about eighteen.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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