dinghy

[ ding-gee ]

/ ˈdɪŋ gi /

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noun, plural din·ghies.

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.

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Origin of dinghy

1785–95; <Bengali diṅgi,Hindi ḍiṅgī, diminutive of ḍiṅgā boat

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH dinghy

dinghy , dingy

Words nearby dinghy

dingbats, ding-dong, dinge, dinger, dinges, dinghy, dingle, dingleberry, Ding Ling, dingo, dingus

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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.
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First, as companies go, Carnival is more like an aircraft carrier than a dinghy.
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Officials said they believed Wood slipped off the yacht when she went on deck to reattach a dinghy that came loose.
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Ian was obviously free to intubate every young lady he saw, and Cait would never harbor the flimsiest dinghy of a grievance.
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Meanwhile, all on board the Wellington who had telescopes applied them to their eyes, and watched the progress of the dinghy.
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So there we were, marooned, half a mile out to sea, in a tiny dinghy on which the Turks again switched their blarsted guns.
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I was truly glad, and, borrowing the dinghy from the mate, I pulled on board the newly-arrived ship.
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They had become very clever boatmen during their stay, using a small dinghy to make coastal journeys.
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I 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.
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British Dictionary definitions for dinghy

dinghy

/ (ˈdɪŋɪ) /

noun plural -ghies

any small boat, powered by sail, oars, or outboard motorAlso (esp formerly): dingy, dingey

verb plural -gies, -gying or -gied

(tr) British slang to ignore (a person) or avoid (an event)

Word Origin for dinghy

C19: from Hindi or Bengali dingi a little boat, from dingā boat

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