catamaran
USKA-tuh-muh-ran/ˈkæ.tə.məˌɹæn/UKka-tuh-muh-RAN/ˌkæ.tə.məˈɹæn/
Pluralcatamarans
- 1A boat with two hulls joined side by side under one deck.
Like two boats joined side by side with a flat deck across the top.
We rented a catamaran for a day of sailing.
The two catamarans raced across the bay.
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- 2A small raft made of three logs tied together. The rower sits on the longer middle log to paddle.
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- 3An old kind of boat that was set on fire and sent into enemy ships to burn them.
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Less common meaning
- 4A woman who argues a lot and often scolds other people.
My uncle called his neighbor an old catamaran because she yelled at everyone who walked past her house.
She meddles with my prescriptions for your wife; she doctors the infant in private: you'll never have a quiet house or a quiet wife as long as that old Catamaran is here.
1889, William Makepeace Thackeray, Hobson's ChoiceHere, Catamaran means a bad-tempered woman who scolds and nags.Note
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Origin
From the Tamil word "kaṭṭumaram," made from "kaṭṭu" (to tie) and "maram" (tree or wood).