boaty
UK/ˈbəʊti/US/ˈboʊti/
boaty adjective: relating to boats.
Adjective
boaty (comparative more boaty, superlative most boaty)
- Relating to boats.
- 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.1950 December, Motor Boating, volume 86, number 6, page 20
- 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.2006, Lucy Jane Bledsoe, The Ice Cave
boaty meaning in Tamil
boaty in Tamil
- அட்டைப்பெட்டி
Forms of boaty
| comparative | more boaty |
|---|---|
| superlative | most boaty |
Origin of boaty
From boat + -y (diminutive suffix).
Phrases with boaty
Words that rhyme with boaty
Questions about boaty
- What does boaty mean?
- Boaty means relating to boats.
- What is boaty in Tamil?
- Boaty in Tamil is அட்டைப்பெட்டி. See Boaty meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is boaty?
- Boaty is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce boaty?
- Boaty is pronounced /ˈbəʊti/ (UK).
Words near boaty in the dictionary
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