dreamboat
An exceptionally good-looking and sexually attractive person, particularly a manAn exceptionally good-looking and sexually attractive person, particularly a man.
Meaning
2 senses(dated, humorous, informal)An exceptionally good-looking and sexually attractive person, particularly a man.
My new fella is such a dreamboat. He can dance, can sing, and is the captain of the school hockey team.
Traummann
красавчикkrasavčik
(archaic, slang)Anything considered highly desirable for its kind, especially a car.
My new car is a dreamboat.
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
From dream + boat, probably suggesting a person “carrying” or embodying the dreams of anotFrom 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.
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