(intransitive) To fail to take advantage of an opportunity; to overlook or be too late to pursue an option or course of action.

A type of watercraft native to Southeast Asia, which uses a common automotive engine as a powerplant; there is much variation among them, and in rural areas they may be improvised from bamboo and traditional materials with the sole defining characteristic being a secondhand car or truck engine.

(Britain, nautical) Alternative form of rowboat

Alternative spelling of foldboat

A swift boat used to carry messages; a dispatch boat.

A member of any of the ethnic or refugee groups known as "boat people".

(Australia) A type of fishing boat used in Victoria, Australia, until the 1950s, latterly reinvented as a recreational sailboat.

A race between rowing crews. / (Cockney rhyming slang) The face. / (gambling, slang) A fixed horse race, with a specific horse arranged to win in advance.

plural of boat lift

A mechanism used for raising and lowering boats on a canal vertically from one water level to another.