Definitions for yachtyɒt

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

yachtyɒt(n.)

a vessel used for private cruising, racing, or other noncommercial purposes.
(v.i.)to sail or voyage in a yacht.

Origin of yacht:

1550–60; < early D jaght, short for jaghtschip hunting ship

Princeton's WordNet

yacht, racing yacht(verb)
an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
yacht(verb)
travel in a yacht

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

yacht(noun)ˈɑɑt
a large sailing boat
to sail a yacht

Wiktionary

yacht(Noun)
A slick and light ship for making pleasure trips or racing on water, having sails but often motor-powered. At times used as a residence offshore on a dock.
yacht(Noun)
Any vessel used for private, noncommercial purposes.
yacht(Verb)
To sail, voyage, or race in a yacht.

Origin: ca. 1557; variant of yaught, earlier yeaghe ‘light, fast-sailing ship’, from obsolete jaghte 'hunt' (modern jacht), short for jaghtschip, jageschip ‘light sailing vessel, fast pirate ship’, literally, ‘pursuit ship’, compound of jagen ‘to hunt, chase’ and schip ‘ship’ (see ship), from jagōnan (cf. West Frisian jeie, German jagen, Swedish jaga), from yegʰo- (compare Irish éad ‘jealousy’, Russian ярый, Albanian gjah, Ancient Greek ζητέω, Sanskrit यवन, यत्न).

Webster Dictionary

Yacht(noun)
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
Yacht(verb)
to manage a yacht; to voyage in a yacht