caïque

Definition of caïquenext

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Noun
  • Their $500 million mega yacht, Koru, was anchored nearby, but the couple reportedly spent most of their time on land.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The Coral Gables man operating the boat that ran over and killed a 15-year-old girl wakeboarding behind a yacht in Biscayne Bay pleaded guilty to misdemeanor careless-boating charges Monday in a Miami-Dade County court.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Japan has long banned arms exports but has significantly eased restrictions in recent years and is now developing next-generation fighter jets with the UK and Italy while finalizing a deal to sell frigates to Australia.
    Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Destroyers, frigates, fighter jets and bombers also carried out simulated strikes on maritime targets.
    Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • When the schooner was just off the coast of El Salvador, a tramp steamer spotted them and finally supplied fresh water.
    Michael Waters, New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Ella is shocked to suddenly find Nick (Brown), a sailor and local Newport historian, aboard her schooner and accuses him of being a stowaway.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Now as sailors stepped out into the surf, a great crowd tried to take oars off the first sloop.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Anguilla's rich sailing history comes alive while exploring the island's coastline on a classic Caribbean sloop.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Mike Field on his sailing canoe–a sort of hybrid catamaran and canoe.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
  • On Blue Moon, Big Blue’s new 53-foot catamaran, the hold was stuffed with bottles of Moët.
    Henry Wismayer, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History On Nov. 16, 1776, the Andrew Doria brigantine arrived in the Caribbean on the British colony St. Eustatius, waving the first national flag of the United States.
    Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2026
  • On December 4, 1872, sailors aboard the Canadian brigantine Dei Gratia spotted a ship named the Mary Celeste in the distance.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In this age of discovery, new maritime technologies including the caravel, information tools like the printing press, and changes in the process of loaning money all helped contribute to an upswell of European traders looking for new markets to conquer by force.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
  • In nearby Bonavista village, the Matthew Legacy is a full-sized replica of the caravel that Cabot sailed across the Atlantic on the fateful voyage.
    JOE YOGERST, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • For us, some data is showing the track of this clipper low just to our south, with places like Morgantown seeing some decent snowfall.
    Ron Smiley, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • There are also weaker, clipper systems.
    ABC News, ABC News, 21 Jan. 2026
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“Caïque.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ca%C3%AFque. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.

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