dinghy
pronunciation
How to pronounce dinghy in British English:
UK [ˈdɪŋi]
How to pronounce dinghy in American English:
US [ˈdɪŋi]
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- Noun:
- a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
Word Origin
- dinghy (n.)
- 1810, from Hindi dingi "small boat," perhaps from Sanskrit drona-m "wooden trough," related to dru-s "wood, tree" (see tree (n.)). The spelling with -h- is to indicate a hard -g-.
Example
- 1. Here 's a small racing dinghy with a sloop rig .
- 2. You 'll recall the climax , when two drunken fishermen try to calm each other after their dinghy springs a leak .
- 3. The terrorists , young men dressed in jeans and t-shirts , arrived in the peninsula city by dinghy .
- 4. On march 22 , 2008 , brian lewis , 50 , scuttled the jubilee in the puget sound bay , then rowed a borrowed dinghy back to shore , according to court documents filed in february by prosecutors in king county , washington .