a vessel propelled by sail or power, used esp for pleasure cruising, racing, etc - short for sand yacht
- (intransitive)
to sail or cruise in a yacht
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
yacht /yɑt/USA pronunciation
n.
v. [no object]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- [countable]
- a large sailboat or cabin cruiser used for private cruising, racing, or other noncommercial purposes.
v. [no object]
- to sail or voyage in a yacht.
yacht
(yot),USA pronunciation n.
v.i.
yacht′y, adj.
- a vessel used for private cruising, racing, or other noncommercial purposes.
v.i.
- to sail, voyage, or race in a yacht.
- early Dutch jaght, short for jaghtschip hunting ship, equivalent. to Dutch jacht hunt (derivative of jagen to hunt) + schip ship
- 1550–60
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'yacht' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
America's Cup
- Lipton
- Marconi rig
- Mosbacher
- White Ensign
- afterguard
- balloon sail
- basin
- cockpit
- commodore
- converted
- cruise
- deck hand
- dodger
- doghouse
- guest flag
- jaeger
- land yacht
- lifeline
- lunchhook
- maxi
- motor sailer
- overlap
- plow
- prize flag
- protest flag
- raceabout
- racer
- racing flag
- recall
- sail-over
- sailing length
- sand yacht
- spinnaker
- tender
- trunk cabin
- yacht chair
- yacht club
- yachting
- yachtsman
- yachtswoman