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dinghy

a small boat

Not to be confused with:

dingy – dirty-looking; drab

din·ghy

(dĭng′ē)

n. pl. din·ghies

1. A small open boat carried or towed as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft by a larger boat.

2. A small rowboat or motorboat.

3. An inflatable rubber life raft.

4. A small recreational sailboat, especially one designed for racing.

[Hindi ḍiṁgī, variant of ḍeṁgī, ḍeṁgā, float, raft.]

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dinghy

(ˈdɪŋɪ)

n, pl -ghies

(Nautical Terms) any small boat, powered by sail, oars, or outboard motor. Also (esp formerly): dingy or dingey

[C19: from Hindi or Bengali dingi a little boat, from dingā boat]

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din•ghy

(ˈdɪŋ gi)

n., pl. -ghies.

any small boat designed as a tender or lifeboat, either rowed, sailed, or driven by a motor.

[1785–95; < Bengali diṅgi, Hindi ḍiṅgī, diminutive of ḍiṅgā boat]

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Noun

dinghy - a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled

dory, rowboat

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

زَوْرَققارِب مِلاحَه صَغير

loďkamalý člunčlun

jollerobåd

Beiboot Dinghi Schlauchboot

βαρκούλα

bote

pieni vene

canot dériveur dinghy

čamac

bocidingi

ára- eîa seglbáturbátur

battello canotto pneumatico dinghy

ディンギー

작은 보트

laiva

čolnič

jolle

เรือขนาดเล็ก

dingiküçük kayıkküçük yelkenli/sandallastik bot

xuồng

小游艇小船小艇

dinghy

[ˈdɪŋgɪ] N (= rubber dinghy) → lancha f neumática; (= sailing dinghy) → bote m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

dinghy

[ˈdɪŋgi] n

(= small boat) → youyou m

(= inflatable) → canot m pneumatique

(also sailing dinghy) → voilier m, dériveur m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

dinghy

[ˈdɪŋgɪ] n (rubber boat) → gommone m; (sailing dinghy) → dinghy m inv

dinghy

(ˈdiŋgi) – plural ˈdinghies – noun

1. a small boat carried on a larger boat to take passengers ashore.

2. a small sailing or rowing boat.

dinghy

→ زَوْرَق loďka jolle Dinghi βαρκούλα bote pieni vene canot čamac dinghy ディンギー 작은 보트 rubberboot jolle łódka bote ялик jolle เรือขนาดเล็ก lastik bot xuồng 小游艇

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That's no way to get a dinghy over-side," said Harvey, still intent on the yacht.

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WINDO the seal glowers "incredulously" at a brute using his boat to ram him from a dinghy he likes to sunbathe on.

A seal of disapproval.

Along with the suspects the Navy detained a dinghy, one outboard motor (OBM) and an unauthorized fishing net.

Navy detains nine suspects for illegal fishing

THREE people in a small dinghy were towed ashore by the lifeboat after being seen in the water in the early hours of yesterday morning.