English Explanatory Dictionary

dreamboat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An exceptionally good-looking and sexually attractive person, particularly a man.
  2. Anything considered highly desirable for its kind, especially a car.

Pronunciation

/ˈdɹiːmbəʊt/ /ˈdɹimˌboʊt/ En-au-dreamboat.ogg

Word forms

dreamboat dreamboats

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

hottie hunk looker stunner beefcake bona omi Chad chicken chick magnet dimber cove dreamboat himbo lady-killer man-meat pretty boy rizzler spunk stud stud muffin superhunk twink beaut beauty bobby-dazzler crumpet dish eye candy good looker lulu sex on a stick sex on legs smoke show stunna peach

Antonyms

biffer boner-shrinker bonerkiller buttface choad frump minger monkey monkeyface munter pukeface schlub stinka troll trollface uggo ugly duckling
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