plural dinghies
1
a
: a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat
b
: a small sailboat
2
: a rubber life raft
3
: a rowboat or sailboat used to carry passengers or cargo on the coasts of India especially in sheltered waters around the peninsula
Examples of dinghy in a Sentence
we went sailing on the secluded lake in a little two-person dinghy
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Name three Americans so odious that they should be set adrift in a dinghy in the Arctic Circle with enough food and water to only last them 24 hours.
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Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 15 May 2024
Courtesy of Lürssen From the battered trawler Orca in Jaws to the dinghy where Fredo spent his lonely final moments in The Godfather Part II, boats have been integral to myriad Hollywood blockbusters as props, locations, or narrative devices.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2024
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Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 15 May 2024
Courtesy of Lürssen From the battered trawler Orca in Jaws to the dinghy where Fredo spent his lonely final moments in The Godfather Part II, boats have been integral to myriad Hollywood blockbusters as props, locations, or narrative devices.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2024
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dinghy
noun
din·ghy
ˈdiŋ-ē 
-gē
plural dinghies
1
: a small rowboat or sailboat
especially
: one carried on a larger boat
2
: a rubber life raft
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