dinghy
/ˈdɪŋ.(ɡ)i/
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dinghy noun: a small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.
Noun
dinghy (plural dinghies)
- A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.
- The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.1944, Miles Burton, chapter 5, in The Three Corpse Trick
- A sailing dinghy.
- An inflatable rubber life raft.
Verb
dinghy (third-person singular simple present dinghies, present participle dinghying, simple past and past participle dinghied)
- To travel by dinghy.
dinghy meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
dinghy in Hindi
- small boat
- डोंगी ḍoṅgī, नाव nāv
dinghy in Urdu
- small boat
- ڈونگی ḍoṅgī, ناو nāv
dinghy in Bengali
- small boat
- ডিঙ্গা ḍiṅga
dinghy in Malayalam
- ചെറുതോണി, ഒരു ചെറിയ തുഴവള്ളം, കാറ്റു നിറച്ച റബ്ബർതോണി
Examples of dinghy in a sentence
- The dinghy was overwhelmed by the great wave.
- We navigated to France in the dinghy.
- Another time, Tony Hooper and I crossed from Hobson's Wharf to Northcote in a fibre-glass dinghy.
Synonyms of dinghy
Forms of dinghy
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | dinghies |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | dinghies |
| present participle | dinghying |
| past participle | dinghied |
| past | dinghied |
Origin of dinghy
From Bengali ডিঙি (ḍiṅi), perhaps from Sanskrit द्रोण (droṇa, “wooden trough”).
Words formed from dinghy
- sailing dinghy
- dinghy towing
Words that rhyme with dinghy
Questions about dinghy
- What does dinghy mean?
- Dinghy means a small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.
- What is dinghy in Hindi?
- Dinghy in Hindi is डोंगी (ḍoṅgī), नाव (nāv). See Dinghy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dinghy?
- Dinghy can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce dinghy?
- Dinghy is pronounced /ˈdɪŋ.(ɡ)i/ (UK).
- What is the plural of dinghy?
- The plural of dinghy is dinghies.
Words near dinghy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dinghy (page history and authors); dinghy (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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