dinghy
A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or…A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.
» I took the dinghy from the ship.
Meaning
3 sensesA small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.
Dingi, Jolle
я́ликjálik, шлю́пкаšljúpka
a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
A sailing dinghy.
An inflatable rubber life raft.
Schlauchboot, Floßsack, Gummiboot
рези́новая ло́дкаrezínovaja lódka, надувна́я ло́дкаnaduvnája lódka
Examples
5 sentencesI took the dinghy from the ship.
Tom went out across the lake in his dinghy.
deTom fuhr mit dem Schlauchboot auf den See hinaus.
Tom inflated the rubber dinghy on the beach using a pump.
deTom pumpte am Strand das Schlauchboot mit der Luftpumpe auf.
Down by the dinghy our cat is being hazarded by an angry pelican.
Once, these precarious dinghies were a rare sight in the Canary Islands.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Bengali ডিঙি (ḍiṅi), perhaps from Sanskrit द्रोण (droṇa, “wooden trough”).From Bengali ডিঙি (ḍiṅi), perhaps from Sanskrit द्रोण (droṇa, “wooden trough”).
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