Definition of "dinghy" [dinghy]

• A small open boat carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a larger boat. (noun)
• A small rowboat. (noun)
• An inflatable rubber life raft. (noun)

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• "Julian: Your desire for a dinghy is merely the tesseract shadow cast by the four-dimensional dinghy itself"
• "Some time later, she stepped out on deck, untied a rubber dinghy from the stern and fell from the yacht into the water."
• "Because you'll make so many surf landings in Mexico, make sure your dinghy is equipped with wheels."