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dinghy

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din·ghy  (dng)
n. pl. din·ghies
1. A small open boat carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a larger boat.
2. A small rowboat.
3. An inflatable rubber life raft.

[Hindi ig, variant of eg, eg, float, raft.]

dinghy [ding-ee, ding-gee]
Noun
pl -ghies a small boat, powered by sail, oars, or outboard motor [Hindi or Bengali dingi]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.dinghydinghy - a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
oarlock, rowlock, thole, tholepin, peg, pin - a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
rowing boat - a rowboat
small boat - a boat that is small
cross thwart, thwart - a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat
wherry - light rowboat for use in racing or for transporting goods and passengers in inland waters and harbors
Translations
dinghy [ˈdɪŋgɪ] nbote m (also: rubber dinghy) → lancha (neumática)

dinghy [ˈdɪŋgɪ] nyouyou m (= inflatable); canot m pneumatique;
(also: sailing dinghy) → voilier m, dériveur m

dinghy [ˈdɪŋgɪ] n (also: rubber dinghy) → Schlauchboot nt;
(also: sailing dinghy) → Dingi nt

dinghy [ˈdɪŋgɪ] nbattello pneumatico;
(also: sailing dinghy) → dinghy m inv

dinghy
n dinghy [ˈdiŋgi]
1 a small boat carried on a larger boat to take passengers ashore. rubberbootjie, dinghie قارِب نَقْل رُكاب على ظَهْر سَفينَه كَبيرَه малка (гумена) лодка loďka, malý člun robåd; jolle das Beiboot βάρκα πλοίου lancha neumática julla قایق نجات jolla canot, youyou סִירַת גוִּמי छोटी एवं खुली नाव čamčić, gumeni avionski čamac za spašavanje boci (skips)bátur lancia, battello 積載ボート (승객이나 짐을 부두로 실어 나르는) 작은 배 valtis (neliela) laiva (arī piepūšama) bot kecil rubberboot jolle szalupa barquinho barcă шлюпка loďka čolnič mali čamac [] räddningsbåt เรือเล็กที่ใช้รับส่งผู้โดยสารขึ้นฝั่ง küçük kayık, dingi (附屬大船的)供應小船 маленька шлюпка جہاز پر چڑھی ہوئی کشتی thuyền cao su bơm hơi
2 a small sailing or rowing boat. skuitjie قارِب مِلاحَه صَغير малка (гумена) лодка člun jolle das Schlauchboot φουσκωτή βάρκα bote joll, julla قایق پارویی jolla, soutuvene dériveur, canot סִירָה קְטָנָה डोंगी, नाव čamčić dingi perahu ára– eða seglbátur barca a remi 小ボート (닻이나 노를 동력으로 하는) 작은 배 valtis (neliela) [] laiva bot kecil jol jolle łódka barquinho şalupă, barcă ялик čln čoln mali čamac []jolle เรือพาย küçük yelkenli/sandal 小船(帆船或劃的)小船 туз, ялик سیلانی کشتی xuồng 小船帆船


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Granet scrambled down into a small dinghy which was tied to the side of the stone wall.
We had started from Barcelona with our dinghy in tow; afterwards it was too risky to try to get her in, so we let her take her chance of the seas at the end of a comfortable scope of rope.
I believe he had seen us out of the window coming off to dine in the dinghy of a fourteen-ton yawl belonging to Marlow my host and skipper.
 
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