dinghy
noun
din·ghy
| \ ˈdiŋ-ē
, -gē\
, -gē\
plural dinghies
Definition of dinghy
1a
: 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
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Examples of dinghy in a Sentence
we went sailing on the secluded lake in a little two-person dinghy
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The Mediterranean, too, seems less of an impediment from above, with container ships and refugee dinghies crossing what is increasingly a common Euro-African space. — The Economist, "Europe’s long vacation flight home," 29 Aug. 2019 Some council members argued against new events that required the elimination of classes like the men’s Finn dinghy, which had been sailed in every Games since 1952. — Chris Museler, New York Times, "Mixed Events Shake Up Olympic Sailing," 4 Aug. 2019 Boats the size of the Magestic must moor more than one hundred yards out, as a flotilla of dinghies, rowed from the stern with a single oar, ferry goods to the dock. — Rowan Moore Gerety, Harper's magazine, "Downstream," 10 June 2019 Mohammed Oga, an Ethiopian, spoke from a Maltese hospital, where he was taken after finally being rescued when his rubber dinghy was spotted by the European border agency Frontex. — Washington Post, "Italy’s Salvini agrees to let 27 minors off migrant ship," 17 Aug. 2019 Scientists flew by helicopter or sailed by dinghy to ice floes in the Fram Strait to scoop snow with a clean mug and a steel spoon or soup ladle. — Los Angeles Times, "Microplastic in the atmosphere is making its way to the pristine Arctic," 15 Aug. 2019 Their mass funeral took place in Salerno on November 17, 2017, two weeks after their dinghy sank. — Abigail Haworth, Marie Claire, "The Lost Daughters of Salerno," 1 July 2019 Dozens of dinghies will sail around the north end of Oceanside Harbor at the Oceanside Yacht Club’s 18th annual Dinghy Parade. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "42 ways to celebrate July 4 in San Diego County with fireworks and parades," 27 June 2019 Since trafficking dinghies are often crammed with far more than 100 migrants, fears quickly arose that dozens more could be missing in the sinking. — Time, "UN: 64 Migrants Feared Dead in Mediterranean Boat Sinking," 8 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'dinghy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for dinghy
dinghy
noun
English Language Learners Definition of dinghy
: a small boat that is often carried on or towed behind a larger boat
: a small rubber boat that is used by people escaping from a sinking boat
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dinghy
noun
din·ghy
| \ ˈdiŋ-ē
, ˈdiŋ-gē\
, ˈdiŋ-gē\
plural dinghies
Kids Definition of dinghy
1
: a small light rowboat
2
: a rubber life raft
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