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yacht
CIDE DICTIONARY
yacht, n. [D. jagt, jacht; perhaps properly, a chase, hunting, from. jagen to chase, hunt, akin to G. jagen, OHG. jag, of uncertain origin; or perhaps akin to OHG. gāhi quick, sudden (cf. Gay).].
A light and elegantly furnished vessel, used either for private parties of pleasure, or as a vessel of state to convey distinguished persons from one place to another; a seagoing vessel used only for pleasure trips, racing, etc. [1913 Webster]
yacht, v. i.
To manage a yacht; to voyage in a yacht. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
yacht, n. & v.
--n.
1 a light sailing-vessel, esp. equipped for racing.
2 a larger usu. power-driven vessel equipped for cruising.
3 a light vessel for travel on sand or ice.
--v.intr. race or cruise in a yacht.
--n.
1 a light sailing-vessel, esp. equipped for racing.
2 a larger usu. power-driven vessel equipped for cruising.
3 a light vessel for travel on sand or ice.
--v.intr. race or cruise in a yacht.
Idiom
yacht-club a club esp. for yacht-racing.
Derivative
yachting n.
Etymology
early mod.Du. jaghte = jaghtschip fast pirate-ship f. jag(h)t chase f. jagen to hunt + schip SHIP
THESAURUS
yacht
bark, bawley, bilander, boat, brig, brigantine, bully, buss, canoe, caravel, carry sail, cat, catamaran, circumnavigate, clipper, coast, corsair, corvette, cross, cruise, cutter, dandy, dhow, dromond, fishing smack, flattie, four-masted bark, four-master, frigate, galiot, galleass, galleon, go by ship, go on shipboard, go to sea, hooker, hoy, ice yacht, junk, keelboat, ketch, knockabout, lateen, lateener, lorcha, lugger, make a passage, motorboat, navigate, nobby, ocean racer, outrigger, pilot boat, pinnace, piragua, pirogue, ply, pram, pungy, racing yacht, rigger, row, run, sail, sail round, sail the sea, sailing auxiliary, sailing canoe, sailing dinghy, sailing packet, sailing trawler, sampan, sandbagger, schooner, scooter, scull, seafare, shallop, sharpie, shipentine, skipjack, sloop, smack, smack boat, snow, steam, steamboat, take a voyage, tartan, topsail schooner, traverse, trimaran, voyage, well smack, whaler, wool-clipper, xebec, yawlROGET THESAURUS
yacht
Ship
N ship, vessel, sail, craft, bottom, navy, marine, fleet, flotilla, shipping, man of war, transport, tender, storeship, merchant ship, merchantman, packet, liner, whaler, slaver, collier, coaster, lighter, fishing boat, pilot boat, trawler, hulk, yacht, baggala, floating hotel, floating palace, ocean greyhound, ship, bark, barque, brig, snow, hermaphrodite brig, brigantine, barkantine, schooner, topsail schooner, for and aft schooner, three masted schooner, chasse-maree, sloop, cutter, corvette, clipper, foist, yawl, dandy, ketch, smack, lugger, barge, hoy, cat, buss, sailer, sailing vessel, windjammer, steamer, steamboat, steamship, liner, ocean liner, cruiseship, ship of the line, mail steamer, paddle steamer, screw steamer, tug, line of steamers, destroyer, cruiser, frigate, landing ship, LST, aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, nuclear powered carrier, submarine, submersible, atomic submarine, boat, pinnace, launch, life boat, long boat, jolly boat, bum boat, fly boat, cock boat, ferry boat, canal boat, swamp boat, ark, bully, battery, bateau, broadhorn, dory, droger, drogher, dugout, durham boat, flatboat, galiot, shallop, gig, funny, skiff, dingy, scow, cockleshell, wherry, coble, punt, cog, kedge, lerret, eight oar, four oar, pair oar, randan, outrigger, float, raft, pontoon, prame, iceboat, ice canoe, ice yacht, catamaran, hydroplane, hovercraft, coracle, gondola, carvel, caravel, felucca, caique, canoe, birch bark canoe, dugout canoe, galley, galleyfoist, bilander, dogger, hooker, howker, argosy, carack, galliass, galleon, polacca, polacre, tartane, junk, lorcha, praam, proa, prahu, saick, sampan, xebec, dhow, dahabeah, nuggah, kayak, keel boat, log canoe, pirogue, quadrireme, trireme, stern-wheeler, wanigan, wangan, wharf boat, balloon, airship, aeroplane, biplane, monoplane, triplane, hydroplane, aerodrome, air balloon, pilot balloon, fire balloon, dirigible, zeppelin, aerostat, Montgolfier, kite, parachute, jet plane, rocket plane, jet liner, turbojet, prop-jet, propeller plane, corporate plane, corporate jet, private plane, private aviation, airline, common carrier, fighter, bomber, fighter-bomber, escort plane, spy plane, supersonic aircraft, subsonic aircraft, afloat, aboard, on board, on ship board, hard a lee, hard a port, hard a starboard, hard a weather.For further exploring for "yacht" in Webster Dictionary Online
