dinghy
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4.8
- noun
- /ˈdɪŋɡi/
:
bote
- We used the dinghy to reach the larger boat anchored further out.
And we've got people dumping their IDs, getting on dinghies and being treated in four-star hotels.
- And we've got people dumping their IDs, getting on dinghies and being treated in four-star hotels.
- So, you know, I, I grew up sailing small boats, so like dinghies.
- And they, they rose and I got into a little dinghy and I had to row myself to shore.
- Like in Saint Barths five years ago, I learned still learned to sail dinghies in little lasers and the like.
- And when she untie the dinghy to move it away from the boat, which she would have never done in a million years.
- There must be because you just, you can tell the people who are sort of fresh off the boat, so to speak, fresh off the dinghy.
Examples
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Gus looked and pointed to a wooden dinghy that was motoring out towards the Sasanoa.
Fiction book (1994) -
We had just hauled the dinghy onto the bank when a man stepped out from the reeds.
Fiction book (2002) -
Guard, bring the dinghy in.
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Should I row a dinghy out to get you?
Fiction book (2000) -
I had to row over in the dinghy.
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We'll use the dinghy to ferry the students across while you make repairs.
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They're safe on the dinghy, now, hurry, sir!
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My father lowered the dinghy again; his expression was more satisfied now.
Fiction book (1994) -
We hopped in the dinghy, we set sail, and here we are!
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By the time Johnny launched the dinghy again, the breeze had stopped blowing and the clear sky had grown foggy.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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1.0
A small vehicle used on water to carry people, like a rowboat or motorboat
120
1.0
A narrow light boat with pointed ends that you move with a paddle
48
1.1
A small boat that moves by wind using sails
21
1.0
A small open boat moved with oars on lakes and rivers
13
1.0
A boat that is small and used for short trips on lakes or rivers
6
8.1
A small sailing boat with one mast
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7.0
A large boat carried on a ship to move people or goods between ship and shore
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7.9
A small flat-bottomed boat with high sides you row
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9.9
A small boat kept on a ship to carry people or goods
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2.3
A small boat moved with oars for sport or fun
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1.4
A small boat that uses sails to move and usually has one mast
A small boat that a sailing ship keeps for the crew to move people or supplies
A small boat that a ship carries to move people between ship and shore
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Dinghy comes from an Indian word dingi that meant 'small boat' and was used by sailors in South Asia, so it was brought into English with that meaning. Sailors used the word for the little boats they took from a big ship to the shore, which is why a dinghy today is a small open boat for rowing or sailing.