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What (who) is dingy - 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")
dingy
(dingier, dingiest)
1.
A dingy building or place is rather dark and depressing, and perhaps dirty.
Shaw took me to his rather dingy office.
ADJ
2.
Dingy clothes, curtains, or furnishings look dirty or dull.
...wallpaper with stripes of dingy yellow.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
Dingy
·noun ·Alt. of Dinghy.
II. Dingy ·superl Soiled; sullied; of a dark or dusky color; dark brown; dirty.
dingy
['d?n(d)?i]
¦ adjective (dingier, dingiest) gloomy and drab.
Derivatives
dingily adverb
dinginess noun
Origin
C18: perh. based on OE dynge 'dung'.
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 dingy
1. Soon the flashlight batteries lose strength, dimming the light from bright white to dingy yellow.
2. Democracy, on the other hand, was like a dingy pitching and rolling with every wave.
3. Because it reflected the will of the people, Churchill said, the dingy was damn near unsinkable.
4. Have you dropped it from a torn jacket into a dingy midnight gutter?
5. A cluster of bars and eateries on a dingy road offers Western fare and cocktails.