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intransitive verb
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obsolete Dutch jaght , from Middle Low German jacht , short for jachtschip , literally, hunting ship
1557, in the meaning defined above
1836, in the meaning defined above
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from obsolete Dutch jaght (now jacht ), short for jachtschip, literally, "hunting ship"
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- a vessel used for private cruising, racing, or other noncommercial purposes.
verb (used without object)
- to sail, voyage, or race in a yacht.
- a vessel propelled by sail or power, used esp for pleasure cruising, racing, etc
- short for sand yacht ice yacht
- intr to sail or cruise in a yacht
Other Words From
- yachty adjective
- super·yacht noun
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Example Sentences
As City News explained it, the bribes were paid not only in cash but through rugs, antiques, furniture, yacht club fees, boat repairs and more.
In Ashburn, Snyder is always lurking in spirit, even if he is on his 305-foot yacht somewhere in the Aegean.
Driving across country in a gigantic land yacht—with its crushed-velour seats and faux wood siding—was more practical than a two-door hot rod.
Host Jason Moore chats with experts who share tips harvested from their real-life experiences, such as a couple who paid off their $70,000 debt to travel full time and a woman who left her corporate job to work on a 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.”
Instead the money allegedly was spent on luxury cars and a yacht club membership, among other things.
Loeb owns a $100 million penthouse on Central Park West and a $50 million yacht.
Solaire has set up charging capabilities at a project it built at a yacht club in Massachusetts, for example.
On my way back into town, I walked by the fortress of tents surrounding the harbor, readying for the yacht show.
Newly-minted Londoner, Lindsay Lohan, is currently chilling out on a yacht in Italy.
I heard her say to one of the servants once that my father had been lost on a yacht, and that he was oh, ever such a handsome man.
He owned a 54-ton yacht named the Opal, and attributed the wonderful health he enjoyed to his numerous sea voyages.
Another yacht had started from the old boathouse at about the time our friends and their new-fangled craft got under way.
Caermarthen ordered out his wonderful yacht, and hastened to complain to the King, who was then at Loo.
The yacht had long turned the head of the island and was beating down alongshore in the eastern bay.
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YACHT definition: 1. a boat with sails and sometimes an engine, used for either racing or travelling on for pleasure…. Learn more.
The meaning of YACHT is any of various recreational watercraft. How to use yacht in a sentence.
Yacht definition: a vessel used for private cruising, racing, or other noncommercial purposes.. See examples of YACHT used in a sentence.
YACHT meaning: 1. a boat with sails and sometimes an engine, used for either racing or travelling on for pleasure…. Learn more.
The term, yacht, originates from the Dutch word jacht (pl. jachten), which means "hunt", and originally referred to light, fast sailing vessels that the Dutch Republic navy used to pursue pirates and other transgressors around and into the shallow waters of the Low Countries.
A yacht is a large boat with sails or a motor, used for racing or for pleasure trips.
1. (Nautical Terms) a vessel propelled by sail or power, used esp for pleasure cruising, racing, etc. 2. (Nautical Terms) short for sand yacht, ice yacht. vb. (Nautical Terms) (intr) to sail or cruise in a yacht.
A yacht is an upscale boat — often a sailboat — that is used for cruising or racing. If you're on a cargo ship, you're probably at work; if you're on a yacht, it's probably your day off.
YACHT meaning: a large boat with sails used for pleasure or in races: . Learn more.
Yacht definition: Any of various relatively small, streamlined sailing or motor-driven vessels used for pleasure cruises or racing.