English▸ noun a medium-sized sailboat equipped for cruising or racing.
▪ [often with modifier] a powered boat or small ship equipped for cruising, typically for private or official use:
a steam yacht.
▸ verb [no object] race or cruise in a yacht.
– ORIGIN mid 16th century : from early modern Dutch jaghte, from jaghtschip ‘fast pirate ship’, from jag(h)t ‘hunting’ + schip ‘ship’.