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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.
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 yachty, adjective su·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 Until Thursday, when federal agents escorted him off a 150-foot yacht moored in Long Island Sound, the word often used to describe Steve Bannon was “irrelevant.”
We All Should Have Listened to Steve Bannon | Daniel Malloy| August 22, 2020| Ozy
Instead the money allegedly was spent on luxury cars and a yacht club membership, among other things.
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Loeb owns a $100 million penthouse on Central Park West and a $50 million yacht .
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Solaire has set up charging capabilities at a project it built at a yacht club in Massachusetts, for example.
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On my way back into town, I walked by the fortress of tents surrounding the harbor, readying for the yacht show.
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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.
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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 .
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Coincident with this, the yacht struck again very slightly at the bows.
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British Dictionary definitions for yacht 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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Words related to yacht sailboat, racer, sloop, yawl, ketch, cruiser, cabin cruiser, sailing boat