Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A person considered exceptionally good-looking and sexually attractive.
  • noun A luxurious, well-designed automobile or other vehicle.

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  • noun colloquial, dated A good-looking and sexually attractive person.
  • noun slang Anything considered highly desirable for its kind.

Etymologies

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dream +‎ boat

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Examples

  • There's a hint of a more dangerous kind of romantic movie here, where a girl slowly realizes her dreamboat is a dry-docked dinghy.

    Arab Times Kuwait English Daily 2010

  • There's a hint of a more dangerous kind of romantic movie here, where a girl slowly realizes her dreamboat is a dry-docked dinghy.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • And I'm guessing that there are girls out there somewhere that would consider each of these guys "dreamboat" worthy.

    May 28th, 2009 2009

  • In the previously unseen interview, Connelly talks about her "dreamboat" friend, Steven, and their special Valentines night dinner.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • Words such as dreamboat apply to the mellow folk-jazz musician; he's the kind of classically handsome guy about whom women, moms and gay brothers can ...

    The Pitch | Complete Issue 2009

  • I just thought he was an absolute "dreamboat" in all of those early Disney flicks, and he was on the TV show every now and then too.

    journal-news.com - News 2009

  • Words such as dreamboat apply to the mellow folk-jazz musician; he's the kind of classically handsome guy about whom women, moms and gay brothers can ...

    The Pitch | Complete Issue 2009

  • Words such as dreamboat apply to the mellow folk-jazz musician; he's the kind of classically handsome guy about whom women, moms and gay brothers can ...

    The Pitch | Complete Issue 2009

  • Dale (who became Wayland) built a scale model of the dreamboat, then cut and shaped timbers for a 32-foot catamaran.

    On the way to Oregon: Adventurers settle on Mexico's Bay of Banderas 2009

  • Such a dreamboat, and played by a former Vancouverite, to boot.

    » Terrible TV I’ve Known and Loved Strocel.com 2009

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