The meaning of Dinghy
Dinghy – definition
nounA small boat for recreation or racing, especially an open boat with a mast and sails.
Usage examples:
Some categories of boats are full, such as yachts, sailing dinghies and self-drive motor boats.
nounA small, open boat powered by rowing (= using long poles with flat ends to push through the water), a motor, or sails, used for pleasure or for moving people to or from a ship
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Word origin
early 19th century (denoting a rowing boat used on rivers in India): from Hindi ḍiṅgī . The -gh in English serves to indicate the hard g .
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