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yacht

[yot]
–noun
1. a vessel used for private cruising, racing, or other noncommercial purposes.
–verb (used without object)
2. to sail, voyage, or race in a yacht.

Origin:
1550–60; < early D jaght, short for jaghtschip hunting ship, equiv. to D jacht hunt (deriv. of jagen to hunt) + schip ship


yachty, adjective
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yacht   (yät)   
n.  Any of various relatively small sailing or motor-driven vessels, generally with smart graceful lines, used for pleasure cruises or racing.
intr.v.   yacht·ed, yacht·ing, yachts
To sail, cruise, or race in a yacht.

[Probably obsolete Norwegian jagt, from Middle Low German jacht, short for jachtschip : jagen, to chase (from Old High German jagōn) + schip, ship.]
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yacht 
1557, yeaghe "a light, fast-sailing ship," probably from Norw. jaght, from M.L.G. jacht, shortened form of jachtschip "fast pirate ship," lit. "ship for chasing," from jacht "chase," from jagen "to chase, hunt," from O.H.G. jagon, from P.Gmc. *jagojanan.
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