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yachting

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -ɒtɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: Y AA1 T IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A physical activity involving yachts, such as racing sailing boats, cruising to distant shores, or day-sailing along a coast.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: attributive, countable, often, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of yacht

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

water travel for pleasure

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: boating

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: water travel, seafaring

Narrower terms: bareboating

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: ветроходство (vetrohodstvo) — physical activity involving boats
  • Czech: jachting — physical activity involving boats
  • Georgian: იახტით ცურვა (iaxṭit curva) — physical activity involving boats
  • Irish: luamhaireacht — physical activity involving boats
  • Japanese: ヨット遊び (yotto-asobi) — physical activity involving boats
  • Manx: shiaulley birleeyn — physical activity involving boats
  • Portuguese: iatismo — physical activity involving boats
  • Portuguese: vela — physical activity involving boats
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