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dinghy

noun

ˈdiŋ-ē How to pronounce dinghy (audio)
Definition of dinghynext
as in yacht
a boat equipped with one or more sails we went sailing on the secluded lake in a little two-person dinghy

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Recent Examples of dinghy His anti-immigration message has shifted from focusing on Polish plumbers to asylum seekers in dinghies. — ABC News, 23 June 2026 When the Resolution had arrived at Tanna, Cook had followed his usual practice and drawn two lines in the sand to mark out an area which the crew would use for landing their dinghies. — Literary Hub, 11 June 2026 Producers like Shungu, QThree, Mike Shabb, and Elsesser himself let their legato phrases repeat ad infinitum, gently bobbing like a dinghy in agitated waters. — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 10 June 2026 The Coast Guard Investigative Services also transferred custody of the Hookers' dinghy from the Bahamas to the United States, according to the statement. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 9 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for dinghy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dinghy
  1. yacht
  2. ship
  3. schooner
  4. sailboat
  5. sloop
  6. frigate
Noun
  • Rooms in beige and red or beige and blue have busy wallpaper—some have views of the sea, others of the yacht harbor.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
  • In 1966, an ambitious young businessman from Finland, Pekka Koskenkylä, decided to build yachts not from wood but out of a pioneering new material called fiberglass.
    — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of yacht
Noun
  • The effect created the illusion of two ships, leaving the enemy unsure which one to target.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026
  • By treating the ship as an evolving platform, CSL and Adbri have bypassed the infrastructure gridlock that leaves many zero-emission concepts stranded on the drawing board.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of ship
Noun
  • In 1861, the first naval engagement since the start of the Civil War took place as the USS Colorado attacked and sank the Confederate private schooner Judah off the coast of Pensacola, Florida.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Harry Kane’s schooner sails well wide of all that poofterish fluff with buckles and straps.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of schooner
Noun
  • So beautiful, Biggart might have taken his sailboat out from Chelsea Piers.
    — Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The film takes its name from the sailboat whose crew in a 1995 runup to the America’s Cup was made up nearly entirely by women.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of sailboat
Noun
  • Sailing aboard a 30-foot sloop on Acapulco Bay, Henry Kissinger kept a protective arm around his new wife, as a motorboat filled with the press corps followed.
    — Robert D. Mcfadden, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Just two days after the Hannah was underway, her crew captured the Unity, a sloop loaded with naval stores and lumber, supplies sorely needed by British forces in Boston.
    — Christopher Magra, The Conversation, 2 June 2026
Definition of sloop
Noun
  • In a separate incident Tuesday, Denmark said a Russian frigate fired flares toward a Danish military helicopter conducting routine surveillance over the Baltic Sea.
    — Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The system completed a year of testing aboard the German frigate Sachsen, during which its tracking, command, and engagement technologies were evaluated under maritime conditions.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of frigate

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“Dinghy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dinghy. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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