dinghy
any small boat designed as a tender or lifeboat, especially a small ship's boat, rowed, sailed, or driven by a motor.
a boat used by warships, having four single-banked oars and a spritsail.
any of various rowing or sailing boats used in sheltered waters along the Indian coasts to transport passengers and freight.
an inflatable life raft.
Origin of dinghy
1Words that may be confused with dinghy
- dinghy , dingy
Words Nearby dinghy
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How to use dinghy in a sentence
The lifeguard would have to take the dinghy if he wanted to physically stop me.
Open-Water Swimming and Other Acts of Civil Disobedience | jversteegh | August 25, 2021 | Outside OnlineFirst, as companies go, Carnival is more like an aircraft carrier than a dinghy.
Floating Petri Dish Aside, Triumph Won’t Sink Carnival | Daniel Gross | February 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOfficials said they believed Wood slipped off the yacht when she went on deck to reattach a dinghy that came loose.
L.A. Sheriff Reopens Natalie Wood Drowning Probe, Citing New Information | Christine Pelisek | November 18, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTIan was obviously free to intubate every young lady he saw, and Cait would never harbor the flimsiest dinghy of a grievance.
Meanwhile, all on board the Wellington who had telescopes applied them to their eyes, and watched the progress of the dinghy.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. Ballantyne
So there we were, marooned, half a mile out to sea, in a tiny dinghy on which the Turks again switched their blarsted guns.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 | Ian HamiltonI was truly glad, and, borrowing the dinghy from the mate, I pulled on board the newly-arrived ship.
Peter the Whaler | W.H.G. KingstonThey had become very clever boatmen during their stay, using a small dinghy to make coastal journeys.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonI had wirelessed asking for a dinghy to be sent down, which would enable Hamilton to do more marine work; and it now came to hand.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
British Dictionary definitions for dinghy
/ (ˈdɪŋɪ) /
any small boat, powered by sail, oars, or outboard motor: Also (esp formerly): dingy, dingey
(tr) British slang to ignore (a person) or avoid (an event)
Origin of dinghy
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