Dinghy

Word DINGHY
Character 6
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈdɪŋ(ɡ)i/

Definitions and meanings of "Dinghy"

What do we mean by dinghy?

A small open boat carried or towed as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft by a larger boat. noun

A small rowboat or motorboat. noun

An inflatable rubber life raft. noun

An East Indian name for a boat varying in size in different localities. noun

A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship noun

An inflatable rubber life raft noun

A small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled noun

A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.

An inflatable rubber life raft.

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The word "dinghy" in example sentences

Julian: Your desire for a dinghy is merely the tesseract shadow cast by the four-dimensional dinghy itself ❋ Unknown (2009)

Some time later, she stepped out on deck, untied a rubber dinghy from the stern and fell from the yacht into the water. ❋ Unknown (2008)

When cruising Mexico, your dinghy is not some indulgent toy, but your lifeline with both the shore and greater adventures. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Because you'll make so many surf landings in Mexico, make sure your dinghy is equipped with wheels. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Maybe their dinghy is on the starboard side of the big boat. ❋ Unknown (2001)

I had what we called a dinghy whistle, to be used in case you went down in the water. ❋ Unknown (1944)

And now the dinghy was a good half mile below where the steamer was moored. ❋ George Manville Fenn (1870)

Two years of full-time involvement as skipper of TeamOrigin, Britain's America's Cup venture, means that his last competitive outing in a dinghy was the final race of the Olympic regatta in China in 2008. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Russell proposed to do, when he was simple "Lord John;" and, as a civilian First Lord of the Admirality has since done, although he possessed so little nautical knowledge that he might not have been able to tell you the difference between a cathead and a capstan bar, or, how to distinguish a "dinghy" from the "second cutter." ❋ Unknown (N/A)

In the uproar forward, Madden heard the cries: "Th 'dinghy's swamped!" ❋ T. S. Stribling (1923)

The lesser boat was a little "dinghy" he had just purchased, and which for convenience he took with him when his fare was only a single passenger, since the labour of rowing it was much less. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

The blue sea that lay beyond, had far more attractions for me than birds-nesting, or any other rural amusement; and the moment I could escape from the house I was off to my favourite element, either to accompany my friend, Harry Blew, in some of his boating trips, or to get possession of the "dinghy," and have a row on my own account. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

After breakfast we explore the contents of the boat shed, there is a 15 ft aluminium dinghy which is powered by a ❋ Unknown (2010)

You just get out your little magnifying glass, Sergeant, and if you can find a black rubber dinghy I'll make you a present of the brown wooden dinghy, which is the only one we have on the Firecrest. " ❋ MacLean, Alistair, 1922-1987 (1966)

- that cost little but create a profound sense of satisfaction, such as dinghy-sailing, a game of ball on the beach, running in the dunes and songs around a woodfire. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Just last week it dawned on me, in a dinghy adrift on Georgian Bay, while rethinking the preponderance of pumpkins in The Life and Times of Michael K, while the sun crested the horizon over Huron and settled like a South African in Brisbane, before I'd had either coffee or chance to tally the consequences, it came to me, Coetzee - J.M. - him ❋ Elizabeth Abbott (2011)

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