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dinghy

[ ding-gee ]

noun

, plural din·ghies.
  1. any small boat designed as a tender or lifeboat, especially a small ship's boat, rowed, sailed, or driven by a motor.
  2. a boat used by warships, having four single-banked oars and a spritsail.
  3. any of various rowing or sailing boats used in sheltered waters along the Indian coasts to transport passengers and freight.
  4. an inflatable life raft.


dinghy

/ ˈdɪŋɪ /

noun

  1. any small boat, powered by sail, oars, or outboard motor Also (esp formerly)dingydingey


verb

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dinghy1

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dinghy1

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

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Example Sentences

The lifeguard would have to take the dinghy if he wanted to physically stop me.

First, as companies go, Carnival is more like an aircraft carrier than a dinghy.

Officials said they believed Wood slipped off the yacht when she went on deck to reattach a dinghy that came loose.

Ian 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.

So there we were, marooned, half a mile out to sea, in a tiny dinghy on which the Turks again switched their blarsted guns.

I was truly glad, and, borrowing the dinghy from the mate, I pulled on board the newly-arrived ship.

They had become very clever boatmen during their stay, using a small dinghy to make coastal journeys.

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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