Yacht

Definition: Yacht

Yacht

Noun

1. An expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing.

Verb

1. Travel in a yacht.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "yacht" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references)

Transportation

Dream Interpretation

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Yacht

Ship

Man of war; (combatant); 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.

Boat, pinnace, launch; life boat, long boat, jolly boat, bum boat, fly boat, ferry oat, canal boat; swamp boat, ark, bully, bateau battery, 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.

Crosswords: Yacht

Danish (yacht), French (yacht), German (yacht), Italian (yacht), Norwegian (yacht), Swedish (yacht).

The Miami yacht races were never like this (The Enemy Below; writing credit: Wendell Mayes. Based on the novel by D.A. Rayner.)

Turn the yacht around (Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker; writing credit: Bob Kane; Paul Dini)

How does the yacht fit in (Batman Beyond; writing credit: Hilary Bader; Stan Berkowitz)

It was part of a yacht club . (Batman Beyond; writing credit: Hilary Bader; Stan Berkowitz)

I own a mansion and a yacht. (Hare Brush; writing credit: Warren Foster)

Like you were walking onto a yacht ("You're So Vain"; performing artist: Carly Simon)

You walked into the party like you were walking onto a yacht (YOU'RE SO VAIN; performing artist: Carly Simon)

Here me yack, I want the mansion, the yacht (Feelin' So Good; performing artist: Jennifer Lopez)

Buy yacht with a flag sayin' chillin' the most (Cowboy; performing artist: KID ROCK)

Down to Their Last Yacht (1934)

Jimmy's New Yacht (1932)

The Yacht Party (1932)

Cartoons on a Yacht (1915)

The Yacht Race (1903)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• 100 years of yachting on Port Phillip Bay : a history of the Royal Brighton Yacht Club (reference)

• Eastern Yacht Club: A History from 1870-1985 (reference)

• History of the Southern Yacht Club (reference)

• Sailing Above the Clouds: An Early History of the Grand Lake Yacht Club (reference)

• Scarborough Sailing Club, Scarborough Yacht Club : a history (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Pacific Motor Yacht (reference)

• Yacht Capital (reference)

• Yacht Report (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• A Race of Survival - The 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race (reference)

• British Virgin Islands and Yacht Chartering (reference)

• Yacht Maintenance: From Anchors to Zincs for Wood Boats (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Crash My Moon Yacht (reference)

• Live at the Yacht Club [LIVE] (reference)

• Yacht Club Swing & Other Radio (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Grundig Yacht Boy Shortwave Radio (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Woods Hole Yacht Club. Credit: America's Coastlines.

A yacht basin with a municipal vessel assistance craft. Credit: Fisheries.

Sign advertising charter boat fishing at Pirate's Cove Yacht Club. Credit: Fisheries.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship OCEANOGRAPHER -- converted from the J. P. Morgan yacht CORSAIR II in 1930. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 4. H. Fol and E. Sarasin photometer, 1886 model. This instrument was tested at Villefranche-sur-Mer on board Fol's yacht, the AMPHIASTER. The results were not published. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

British warships anchored off Portsmouth during the naval review held in honor of Queen Victoria's 50th year on the throne. Identifiable ships, all dressed with flags) include (from left to right): HMS Minotaur (with five masts), HMS Agincourt (with five masts), HMS Glatton (right center, in middle distance), HMS Black Prince (behind Glatton), and HMS Prince Albert (to the right of Glatton). A small yacht is steaming by in the right foreground. Credit: NAVY.

In port circa 1914-17, prior to her World War I naval service. She had previously been the yacht Oneida, which was originally named Utowana. Acquired by the Navy on 25 August 1918, she was later commissioned as USS Adelante (SP-765). After the completion of her Navy service, she was stricken on 27 September 1919 and sold on 25 March 1920. Note the towing fittings on her afterdeck. Credit: NAVY.

Hermann Göring on yacht, Carin II, on canal near Hanover. Credit: Library of Congress.

Ah Loy, retiring chef, shaking hands and saying good-bye to T. Gates, crew's cook, on the Presidential yacht Mayflower. Credit: Library of Congress.

Yacht Sella. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Business

Individual yacht buyers are primarily men in the 35 to 60 age bracket. (references)

The U.S. also ranks first in motor yacht imports with a 57 percent market share, followed by the U.K. with 20 percent, and Spain 12 percent. (references)

Economic History

Jamaica

Construction of a new Port Antonio "megamarina" yacht basin is scheduled for completion by June 2002. (references)

Seychelles

SCG has three ship operational vessels: Russian built FORTUNE, Italian built ANDROMACHE, and the luxury yacht GEMINI that is also used as the presidential yacht. (references)

Costa Rica

A US$ 33 million, 245-room Marriott Hotel opened near the Juan Santamaria International Airport in San Jose in 1997. Marriott then completed the construction of a major new resort on the Pacific Coast that includes a hotel, golf course, vacation homes and a yacht marina. (references)

Trade

Costa Rica

Private tourist developments, such as the Marriott Los Sueños resort and yacht harbor, and the development of the Gulf of Papagayo, have raised financing from both domestic and foreign banks. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "yacht": cruising yacht ♦ ice yacht ♦ racing yacht ♦ sailing yacht ♦ sand yacht ♦ yacht chair ♦ yacht club ♦ yacht measurement ♦ yacht race. Additional references.

Beginning with "yacht": yacht-laden, yacht-like, yacht-sailing, yacht-servicing.

Ending with "yacht": maxi-yacht, sailing-yacht, share-a-yacht, super-yacht, vessel-cum-yacht.

Afrikaans

jag. (various references)

Albanian

jaht (pleasure boat). (various references)

Arabic 

‏يخت سفينة شراعية صغيرة, ‏أبحر بيخت. (various references)

Bulgarian 

състезавам се с яхта, яхта, разхождам се с яхта, пътувам с яхта. (various references)

Catalan

iot. (various references)

Chinese 

遊艇 (barge), 游艇. (various references)

Czech

jezdit jachtou, jachta. (various references)

Danish

yacht. (various references)

Dutch

jacht. (various references)

Esperanto

jakto, jaĥto. (various references)

Farsi 

کرجی بادی یابخاری مخصوص تفرج . (various references)

Finnish

pursi (bark, barque, boat, craft, shallop, ship's boat, sloop, vessel), purjevene (sailing-boat), jahti, huvivene (recreational craft). (various references)

French

yacht. (various references)

German

Jacht, Yacht. (various references)

Greek 

γιότ, γιωτ (sailing boat), θαλαμηγός (cabin cruiser). (various references)

Hebrew 

יאכטה, יכטה. (various references)

Hungarian

jacht (cruiser). (various references)

Indonesian

kapal pesiar, kapal layar. (various references)

Irish

luamh. (various references)

Italian

yacht, panfilo. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ヨガの流行 (Chinese-style noodles, frame, Johannesburg, Jordan, lard, learning, position, rural and urban, rurban, the cult of yoga, yacht harbor, yacht parka, yachtel). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ヨット . (various references)

Korean 

요트. (various references)

Manx

burling. (various references)

Norwegian

yacht, lystbåt. (various references)

Papiamen

yate. (various references)

Pig Latin

yachtay.(various references)

Portuguese

iate. (various references)

Romanian

iaht. (various references)

Russian 

яхта (pleasure boat, pleasure-boat, sailboat). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

jedrilica (glider, sailboat, sailing boat), jahta (knockabout). (various references)

Spanish

yate. (various references)

Swedish

jakt (chase, Chevy, Hunt, hunting, pursuit, shoot), lustjakt. (various references)

Turkish

yat. (various references)

Ukrainian

яхта, плавати на яхті. (various references)

Vietnamese 

thuyền yat, đi du lịch. (various references)

celes. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "yacht": yachted, yachter, yachters, yachting, yachtings, yachtman, yachtmen, yachts, yachtsman, yachtsmen. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Yacht" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acht, Aykut, Bakht, Iachr, irachta, Lysaght, macht, nacht, Pacht, Pachta, wacht, yacet, yacgt, yach, yact, yacth, yaght, yaht, Yakut, yaucht, yech, yuch. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: achy, chat, chay, tach.

-2 letters: act, cat, cay, hat, hay, thy, yah.

-3 letters: ah, at, ay, ha, ta, ya.

+1 letter: catchy, chanty, chatty, patchy, yachts.

+2 letters: chantey, chantry, charity, chayote, ecthyma, snatchy, starchy, tachyon, thatchy, yachted, yachter.

+3 letters: arythmic, autarchy, catchfly, chanteys, chastely, chastity, chattery, chattily, chayotes, hatchery, hatchway, haystack, hyacinth, latchkey, mythical, octarchy, patchily, scratchy, scyphate, stanchly, stomachy, tachyons, thearchy, trachyte, triarchy, uncatchy, watchcry, watcheye, yachters, yachting, yachtman, yachtmen.

+4 letters: anthocyan, archetype, athrocyte, champerty, chatoyant, chirality, chocolaty, ecthymata, ethically, haecceity, hatchways, haystacks, heptarchy, hesitancy, hyacinths, hypocaust, latchkeys, lymphatic, myopathic, pachytene, patchouly, pentarchy, phagocyte, schmaltzy, starchily, staunchly, sycophant, teachably, teacherly, tetrarchy, theocracy, thylacine, tracheary, trachytes, trachytic, treachery, watcheyes, yachtings, yachtsman, yachtsmen.