dreamboat
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dream + boat, probably suggesting a person “carrying” or embodying the dreams of another; the term appeared in some 1930s and 1940s love songs, referring to a metaphorical boat carrying a lover’s dreams, such as “When My Dream Boat Comes Home” (1936) written by the Canadian-American bandleader Guy Lombardo (1902–1977) and “Someone’s Rocking My Dreamboat” (1941) by the American songwriters Otis (1898–1970) and Leon René (1902–1982), and Emerson Scott.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɹiːmbəʊt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɹimˌboʊt/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -iːmbəʊt
- Hyphenation: dream‧boat
Noun
[edit]dreamboat (plural dreamboats) (originally US)
- (informal, dated or humorous) An exceptionally good-looking and sexually attractive person, particularly a man.
- Synonyms: hottie, hunk, looker, stunner; see also Thesaurus:beautiful man, Thesaurus:beautiful person
- Antonyms: see Thesaurus:ugly person
- My new fella is such a dreamboat. He can dance, can sing, and is the captain of the school hockey team.
- (slang, archaic) Anything considered highly desirable for its kind, especially a car.
Translations
[edit]exceptionally good-looking and sexually attractive person, particularly a man
anything considered highly desirable for its kind
References
[edit]- ^ “dreamboat, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2020; “dreamboat, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading
[edit]dreamboat (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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