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
Recent Examples on the Web
The inflatable vessel is part skiff, paddleboard and dinghy that weighs just 85 lbs., so transports in a travel bag.
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Jeff Hemmel, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2024
Her neighbors, who did not want to be named, said she was last seen Saturday night while riding her dinghy back to her sailboat moored in Garrison Bight, a body of water between Fleming Key and Sigsbee Park in Key West.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
Over a three-week span in August, dozens of small boats and dinghies were stolen, stripped for parts and sunk.
—Will McCarthy, The Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2024
The caller said the girl and her grandmother had boarded a dinghy and headed out into the harbor.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2024
Rescue volunteers on paddle boats and small dinghies cruised through neighborhoods that had turned into rivers to rescue families and pets.
—Júlia Ledur, Washington Post, 8 June 2023
The three passengers were discovered in the dinghy floating near the sunken ship and pulled aboard a rescue boat, according to officials.
—Makiya Seminera, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2024
The three on board put on life jackets and hopped in a dinghy, drifting on the water in 20-mph winds, according to officials.
—Makiya Seminera, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2024
Powell and Sweeney have been spotted on jet boats, riding double-decker buses, and taking plunges off dinghies into Sydney Harbour.
—Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 19 Dec. 2023
Jeff Hemmel, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2024
Her neighbors, who did not want to be named, said she was last seen Saturday night while riding her dinghy back to her sailboat moored in Garrison Bight, a body of water between Fleming Key and Sigsbee Park in Key West.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
Over a three-week span in August, dozens of small boats and dinghies were stolen, stripped for parts and sunk.
—Will McCarthy, The Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2024
The caller said the girl and her grandmother had boarded a dinghy and headed out into the harbor.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2024
Rescue volunteers on paddle boats and small dinghies cruised through neighborhoods that had turned into rivers to rescue families and pets.
—Júlia Ledur, Washington Post, 8 June 2023
The three passengers were discovered in the dinghy floating near the sunken ship and pulled aboard a rescue boat, according to officials.
—Makiya Seminera, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2024
The three on board put on life jackets and hopped in a dinghy, drifting on the water in 20-mph winds, according to officials.
—Makiya Seminera, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2024
Powell and Sweeney have been spotted on jet boats, riding double-decker buses, and taking plunges off dinghies into Sydney Harbour.
—Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 19 Dec. 2023
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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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