'Yacht' definitions:
Definition of 'yacht'
(from WordNet)
noun
An expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing [syn: yacht, racing yacht]
verb
Travel in a yacht
Definition of 'Yacht'
From: GCIDE
- Yacht \Yacht\ (y[o^]t), n. [D. jagt, jacht; perhaps properly, a chase, hunting, from. jagen to chase, hunt, akin to G. jagen, OHG. jag[=o]n, of uncertain origin; or perhaps akin to OHG. g[=a]hi quick, sudden (cf. Gay).] (Naut.) 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 measurement. See the Note under Tonnage, 4. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Yacht'
From: GCIDE
- Yacht \Yacht\, v. i. To manage a yacht; to voyage in a yacht. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'yacht'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- yawl