Enter a word or phrase in any language 👆
Language:
Translation and analysis of words by ChatGPT artificial intelligence
On this page you can get a detailed analysis of a word or phrase, produced by the best artificial intelligence technology to date:
- how the word is used
- frequency of use
- it is used more often in oral or written speech
- word translation options
- usage examples (several phrases with translation)
- etymology
What (who) is Dinghy - definition
TENDER (SMALL BOAT) CARRIED OR TOWED BY A LARGER VESSEL
Dinghies; Dinghys; Dingy; Dhingy; RSK6; Dingey
![Augusta]]; used in the 1880s, participated in sailing races](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sailing dinghy at Maine State Museum, Augusta IMG 2025.JPG?width=200 "Augusta]]; used in the 1880s, participated in sailing races")
dinghy
(dinghies)
A dinghy is a small open boat that you sail or row.
N-COUNT
dinghy
['d??gi, 'd??i]
¦ noun (plural dinghies)
1. a small boat for recreation or racing, especially an open boat with a mast and sails.
2. a small inflatable rubber boat.
Origin
C19 (denoting a rowing boat in India): from Hindi ?i?gi.
Dinghy
·noun A ship's smallest boat.
II. Dinghy ·noun A kind of boat used in the East Indies.
Wikipedia
Dinghy
A dinghy is a type of small boat, often carried or towed by a larger vessel for use as a tender. Utility dinghies are usually rowboats or have an outboard motor. Some are rigged for sailing but they differ from sailing dinghies, which are designed first and foremost for sailing. A dinghy's main use is for transfers from larger boats, especially when the larger boat cannot dock at a suitably-sized port or marina.
The term "dinghy towing" sometimes is used to refer to the practice of towing a car or other smaller vehicle behind a motorhome, by analogy to towing a dinghy behind a yacht.
Examples of use of Dinghy
1. Authorities seized both vessels, a speedboat and a rubber dinghy.
2. The empty dinghy was found nearby shortly afterwards.
3. So imagine our distress when we returned to the town dinghy dock after a long day ashore to find our padlocked dinghy had been stolen.
4. The dinghy we‘d taken with us was Ryan‘s favourite.
5. One would later recall lying in the bottom of a dinghy that drifted for 16 days.