raceabout

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noun

A small sloop-rigged racing yacht carrying about six hundred square feet of sail, distinguished from a knockabout by having a short bowsprit.

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Meanings

nounraceabout (plural raceabouts)

plural raceabouts

  1. nauticalA small sloop-rigged racing yacht carrying about six hundred square feet of sail, distinguished from a knockabout by having a short bowsprit.

Origin

From race + about.

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APA

raceabout. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raceabout

MLA

“raceabout.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raceabout. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “raceabout,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raceabout.

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