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Dinghy

//ˈdɪŋ.i// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled wordnet
  3. 3
    A sailing dinghy.
  4. 4
    An inflatable rubber life raft.
Verb
  1. 1
    To travel by dinghy. intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Bengali ডিঙি (ḍiṅi), perhaps from Sanskrit द्रोण (droṇa, “wooden trough”).

Etymology 2

From Bengali ডিঙি (ḍiṅi), perhaps from Sanskrit द्रोण (droṇa, “wooden trough”).

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