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dinghy
[ ding-gee ]
noun
- any small boat designed as a tender or lifeboat, especially a small ship's boat, rowed, sailed, or driven by a motor.
- a boat used by warships, having four single-banked oars and a spritsail.
- any of various rowing or sailing boats used in sheltered waters along the Indian coasts to transport passengers and freight.
- an inflatable life raft.
dinghy
/ ˈ»åɪŋɪ /
noun
- any small boat, powered by sail, oars, or outboard motor Also (esp formerly)dingydingey
verb
- slang.tr to ignore (a person) or avoid (an event)
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of dinghy1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of dinghy1
Example Sentences
The first Pat Brewin knew about her sister and brother-in-law being shipwrecked at sea in a dinghy and rubber life raft - tied together for nearly four months - was when she watched the News at 10.
NGO monitoring aircraft Seabird reportedly spotted an empty rubber dinghy near the platform on 1 March.
One advert shows an image of a destroyed dinghy floating in the water and testimony from a man saying "the boat was too crowded" and "people disappeared into the sea".
All of this kit and other tools aim to stop three things from coming together: migrants, the flimsy dinghies and the low-powered engines to power a crossing.
Nearing the shore the dinghy was cut to shreds on a rocky, razor sharp reef.
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