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dinghy

[ ding-gee ]

noun

plural dinghies.
  1. any small boat designed as a tender or lifeboat, especially a small ship's boat, rowed, sailed, or driven by a motor.
  2. a boat used by warships, having four single-banked oars and a spritsail.
  3. any of various rowing or sailing boats used in sheltered waters along the Indian coasts to transport passengers and freight.
  4. an inflatable life raft.


dinghy

/ ˈ»åɪŋɪ /

noun

  1. any small boat, powered by sail, oars, or outboard motor Also (esp formerly)dingydingey
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. slang.
    tr to ignore (a person) or avoid (an event)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of dinghy1

1785–95; < Bengali »å¾±á¹…g¾±, Hindi á¸iá¹…gÄ«, diminutive of á¸iá¹…gÄå boat
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of dinghy1

C19: from Hindi or Bengali dingi a little boat, from »å¾±²Ô²µÄå boat
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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.

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NGO monitoring aircraft Seabird reportedly spotted an empty rubber dinghy near the platform on 1 March.

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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".

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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.

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Nearing the shore the dinghy was cut to shreds on a rocky, razor sharp reef.

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