boat : Idioms & Phrases


Advice boat

  • a vessel employed to carry dispatches or to reconnoiter; a dispatch boat.
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banana boat

  • noun a ship designed to transport bananas
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boat bug

  • noun carnivorous aquatic bug having paddle-like hind legs
    water boatman.
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Boat" bug`
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  1. (Zoöl.) An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus Notonecta; -- so called from swimming on its back, which gives it the appearance of a little boat. Called also boat fly, boat insect, boatman, and water boatman.
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boat club

  • noun club that promotes and supports yachting and boating
    yacht club.
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boat deck

  • noun the upper deck on which lifeboats are stored
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Boat hook

  • noun pole-handled hook used to pull or push boats
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  • (Naut.), an iron hook with a point on the back, fixed to a long pole, to pull or push a boat, raft, log, etc. Totten.
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boat paddle

  • noun a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat
    paddle.
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boat race

  • noun a race between people rowing or driving boats
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boat racing

  • noun the sport of racing boats
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Boat rope

  • a rope for fastening a boat; usually called a painter.
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boat shell

Boat" shell`
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  1. (Zoöl.) (a) A marine gastropod of the genus Crepidula. The species are numerous. It is so named from its form and interior deck. (b) A marine univalve shell of the genus Cymba.
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boat train

  • noun a train taking passengers to or from a port
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boat whistle

  • noun a whistle on a boat that is sounded as a warning
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boat-billed heron

  • noun tropical American heron related to night herons
    broadbill; boatbill; Cochlearius cochlearius.
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boat-race

  • verb participate in a boat race
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boat-shaped

  • adjective satellite having a concave shape like a boat
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Boat"-shaped` adjective
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  1. (Bot.) See Cymbiform.
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boat-tail

Boat"-tail` noun
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  1. (Zoöl.) A large grackle or blackbird (Quiscalus major), found in the Southern United States.
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Butter boat

  • a small vessel for holding melted butter at table.
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Canal boat

  • noun a long boat that carries freight and is narrow enough to be used in canals
    canal boat; narrowboat.
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  • a boat for use on a canal; esp. one of peculiar shape, carrying freight, and drawn by horses walking on the towpath beside the canal.
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cattle boat

  • noun a cargo ship for the transport of livestock
    cattleship.
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Chain boat

  • a boat fitted up for recovering lost cables, anchors, etc.
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Dak boat

  • a mail boat. Percy Smith.
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Dispatch boat

  • a swift vessel for conveying dispatches; an advice boat.
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Fen boat

  • a boat of light draught used in marshes.
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fishing boat

  • noun a vessel for fishing; often has a well to keep the catch alive
    fishing vessel; fishing smack.
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flying boat

  • noun a large seaplane that floats with its fuselage in the water rather than on pontoons
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Folding boat

  • a portable boat made by stretching canvas, etc., over jointed framework, used in campaigning, and by tourists, etc.
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gravy boat

  • noun a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce
    gravy holder; sauceboat; boat.
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Guard boat

  • noun a boat that is on guard duty (as in a harbor) around a fleet of warships
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  • . (a) A boat appointed to row the rounds among ships of war in a harbor, to see that their officers keep a good lookout. (b) A boat used by harbor authorities to enforce the observance of quarantine regulations.
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hatch-boat

Hatch"-boat` noun
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  1. (Naut.) A vessel whose deck consists almost wholly of movable hatches; -- used mostly in the fisheries.
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Horse boat

  • a boat for conveying horses and cattle, or a boat propelled by horses.
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House boat

  • a covered boat used as a dwelling.
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Ice boat

  • . (a) A boat fitted with skates or runners, and propelled on ice by sails; an ice yacht. (b) A strong steamboat for breaking a channel through ice.
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In the same boat

  • in the same situation or predicament. Colloq. F. W. Newman.
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jolly boat

  • noun a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work
    jolly.
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jolly-boat

Jol"ly-boat` noun
Etymology
A corruption of Dan. jolle yawl, or of D. jol yawl + E. boat. See Yawl the boat.
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) A boat of medium size belonging to a ship.
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Keel boat

  • . (a) A covered freight boat, with a keel, but no sails, used on Western rivers . U. S. (b) A low, flat-bottomed freight boat. See Keel, n., 3.
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Land boat

  • a vehicle on wheels propelled by sails.
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light-boat

Light"-boat` noun
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  1. Light-ship.
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mackinaw boat

  • noun a flat-bottomed boat used on upper Great Lakes
    mackinaw.
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Mail boat

  • noun a boat for carrying mail
    mail boat; packet; mailboat.
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  • a boat that carries the mail.
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masoola boat

Ma*soo"la boat`
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  1. . A kind of boat used on the coast of Madras, India. The planks are sewed together with strands of coir which cross over a wadding of the same material, so that the shock on taking the beach through surf is much reduced. Written also masula, masulah, etc.
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massoola boat

Mas*soo"la boat`
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  1. See Masoola boat.
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masula boat

Ma*su"la boat`
Definitions
  1. Same as Masoola boat.
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Monkey boat

  • . (Naut.) (a) A small boat used in docks . (b) A half-decked boat used on the River Thames.
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Mortar boatvessel

  • (Naut.), a boat strongly built and adapted to carrying a mortar or mortars for bombarding; a bomb ketch.
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mosquito boat

  • noun a small fast unarmored and lightly armed torpedo boat; P(atrol) T(orpedo) boat
    mosquito craft; motor torpedo boat; mosquito boat.
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motor torpedo boat

  • noun a small fast unarmored and lightly armed torpedo boat; P(atrol) T(orpedo) boat
    mosquito craft; motor torpedo boat; mosquito boat.
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Mud boat

  • a large flatboat used in deredging.
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narrow boat

  • noun a long boat that carries freight and is narrow enough to be used in canals
    canal boat; narrowboat.
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packet boat

  • noun a boat for carrying mail
    mail boat; packet; mailboat.
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Packet boat, ship, ∨ vessel

  • . See Packet, n., 2.
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Paper boat

  • (Naut.), a boat made of water-proof paper.
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Pass boat

  • (Naut.), a punt, or similar boat.
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patrol boat

  • noun a vessel assigned to patrol an area
    patrol ship.
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Peter boat

  • a fishing boat, sharp at both ends, originally of the Baltic Sea, but now common in certain English rivers.
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picket boat

  • noun a boat serving as a picket
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Pilot boat

  • noun a boat to carry pilots to and from large ships
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  • a strong, fast-sailing boat used to carry and receive pilots as they board and leave vessels.
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pleasure boat

  • noun a large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board
    pleasure craft; cruiser; cabin cruiser.
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police boat

  • noun a boat used by harbor police
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pt boat

  • noun a small fast unarmored and lightly armed torpedo boat; P(atrol) T(orpedo) boat
    mosquito craft; motor torpedo boat; mosquito boat.
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Quarter boat

  • (Naut.), a boat hung at a vessel's quarter.
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racing boat

  • noun a boat propelled by oarsmen and designed for racing
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river boat

  • noun a boat used on rivers or to ply a river
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rowing boat

  • noun a rowboat
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sailing boat

  • noun a small sailing vessel; usually with a single mast
    sailboat.
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sea boat

  • noun a boat that is seaworthy; that is adapted to the open seas
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Seine boat

  • a boat specially constructed to carry and pay out a seine.
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ship's boat

  • noun a boat for communication between ship and shore
    tender; pinnace; cutter.
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small boat

  • noun a boat that is small
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Snag boat

  • a steamboat fitted with apparatus for removing snags and other obstructions in navigable streams. U.S.
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Tilt boat

  • (Naut.), a boat covered with canvas or other cloth.
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To boat the oars

  • to cease rowing, and lay the oars in the boat.
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To fend off a boat ∨ vessel

  • (Naut.), to prevent its running against anything with too much violence.
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Torpedo boat

  • noun small high-speed warship designed for torpedo attacks in coastal waters
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  • a vessel adapted for carrying, launching, operating, or otherwise making use of, torpedoes against an enemy's ship. Espec., a small, fast boat with tubes for launching torpedoes
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torpedo-boat destroyer

  • noun small destroyer that was the forerunner of modern destroyers; designed to destroy torpedo boats
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Twin boat, ∨ Twin ship

  • (Naut.), a vessel whose deck and upper works rest on two parallel hulls.
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u-boat

  • noun a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
    submarine; sub; pigboat.
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una boat

U"na boat`
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  1. (Naut.) The English name for a catboat; -- so called because Una was the name of the first boat of this kind taken to England. D. Kemp.
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Wharf boat

  • a kind of boat moored at the bank of a river, and used for a wharf, in places where the height of the water is so variable that a fixed wharf would be useless. U. S. Bartlett.
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Wheel boat

  • a boat with wheels, to be used either on water or upon inclined planes or railways.
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