Boaty
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbəʊti/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Boaty is an adjective meaning (colloquial) Relating to boats.
Meaning
(colloquial) Relating to boats.
Example Sentences
We compromised by calling it a geyesmeyer, a word coined by a boaty friend of ours, and used quite profusely by him to describe anything from a bilge-pump to a rhinoceros.
Passengers, they meant, not hands. But I found the mistake charming in a boaty kind of way. They were the real thing, these sailors, with salty New England accents and what might have been called coarse manners in a nineteenth-century novel.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include yachty, shippy, bolar, coachy, boine, shiply.
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