dinghy

[US]/'dɪŋgɪ/
[UK]/dɪŋi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. small boat without a roof, dinghy, rubber boat, lifeboat

Phrases & Collocations

inflatable dinghy

small dinghy

rowing dinghy

rubber dinghy

Example Sentences

it was a race against time to reach shore before the dinghy sank.

the rudder kept the dinghy straight against the set of the tide.

specially designed dinghies that are very stable.

The bigger dinghy dragged her moorings.

She rowed ashore in the dinghy.

the dinghy lost way and drifted towards the shore.

The dinghy gathered speed as the wind filled her sails.

There are not many boats in this little river;only a few dinghies, laden with dry branches and twigs, are moving leisurely along to the tired plash!plash!of their oars.

Real-world Examples

The boat was overcrowded, and just a dinghy.

Source: BBC Listening Collection February 2019

Rescuers later recovered the flimsy dinghies.

Source: VOA Standard Speed March 2016 Compilation

Have you moored the dinghy safely?

Source: New Concept English Vocabulary Book 3 for Speaking

The captain used the dinghy to go from the ship to the shore.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

They were traveling in two rubber dinghies.

Source: AP Listening Compilation June 2015

The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.

Source: New Concept English. British Edition. Book Three (Translation)

Two dinghies appeared on the horizon.

Source: VOA Standard Speed March 2016 Compilation

The wreck follows Thursday's dinghy capsizing off the coast of Libya that left scores of people dead.

Source: VOA Daily Standard November 2020 Collection

Last month,18 illegal immigrants from Albania were rescued from a dinghy of the Kent coast.

Source: BBC Listening Compilation June 2016

Hundreds of people were rescued from flooded homes, many brought to safety and rubber dinghies on flooded streets.

Source: CNN 10 Student English May 2023 Compilation

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