Meaning & use
Dingey
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A small open boat, often carried or towed by a larger vessel; a variant spelling of "dinghy."
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They rowed the dingey ashore after anchoring the yacht offshore.
The sailors kept an inflatable dingey lashed to the deck for emergencies.
A note on using this word
This spelling reflects the word's origin from the Hindi "dingi," a small boat used on Indian rivers; "dinghy" is now the standard English spelling.
Words with a similar meaning
dinghytender
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