ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
1. slang : the embodiment of what one imagines or thinks to be highly desirable
the local college student who declared … he'd rather have a 1934 Ford than any other car has finally found his dreamboat — Springfield (Massachusetts) Daily News
black Alaska seal, the new dreamboat for not only daytime cocktails and evening — Lois Long
2. slang
a. : the person that most nearly fulfills one's idea of what a member of the opposite sex should be like
brought to movie stardom a lady who, after 25 years, is still my dreamboat — S.J.Perelman
b. : sweetheart
waiting for her dreamboat to finish his 21-month hitch in gaol — Police Detective