FromBengaliডিঙি(ḍiṅi), probably fromSanskritद्रोण(droṇa,“wooden vessel”).

• (UK)IPA^(key):/ˈdɪŋ(ɡ)i/

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• (US)IPA^(key):/ˈdɪŋ.i/

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  • Rhymes:-ɪŋi
• Rhymes:-ɪŋɡi

dinghy (pluraldinghies)

1. (nautical) A smallopenboat, propelled byoars orpaddles, carried as atender,lifeboat, orpleasurecraft on aship.
   • 1944,Miles Burton, chapter 5, inThe Three Corpse Trick:

     Thedinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.

2. (nautical) Asailing dinghy.
3. (nautical) Aninflatablerubberlife raft.

• tender

• sailing dinghy
• dinghy towing

dinghy (third-person singular simple presentdinghies,present participledinghying,simple past and past participledinghied)

1. (intransitive) To travel by dinghy.

• hyding

• IPA^(key):/din.ɡi/

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dinghy m (pluraldinghys)

1. (nautical)dinghy

• “dinghy”, inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.