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
Units arrived at the scene by 7:15 p.m., Heflin said, and found seven people floating on a dinghy away from the main boat.
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Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
The camp runs weekly throughout June each year for kids ages 7-17, with small dinghies, known as Opti boats, for beginners, along with larger Laser and RS sailboats for more experienced campers.
—Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 18 June 2024
People who couldn’t afford to hire a guide and be chauffeured comfortably in a Mackenzie boat, or who didn’t want to, arrived with dinghies and johnboats lashed to the roofs of old yellow buses.
—David Quammen, Outside Online, 29 Nov. 2024
And here are the day's remaining medal events: Sailing — Mixed dinghy is at 5:43 a.m.
—Sean Nevin, NBC News, 9 Aug. 2024
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Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
The camp runs weekly throughout June each year for kids ages 7-17, with small dinghies, known as Opti boats, for beginners, along with larger Laser and RS sailboats for more experienced campers.
—Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 18 June 2024
People who couldn’t afford to hire a guide and be chauffeured comfortably in a Mackenzie boat, or who didn’t want to, arrived with dinghies and johnboats lashed to the roofs of old yellow buses.
—David Quammen, Outside Online, 29 Nov. 2024
And here are the day's remaining medal events: Sailing — Mixed dinghy is at 5:43 a.m.
—Sean Nevin, NBC News, 9 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dinghy
Noun
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When Gio leaves to make a call, Deb heads to the yacht to grab her jacket — and do a little light snooping.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2025
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Owen manages to escape, jumping off the yacht and into the water.—
Barry Levitt,
TIME,
30 Jan. 2025
Noun
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When told a small plane flown by a South Vietnamese fighter pilot with his wife and 5-year-old son requested to land, Chambers ignored orders and told his crew to push helicopters off his ship to clear room for the plane.—
Marco della Cava,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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The ship was sailing between St. Petersburg and Murmansk in Russia, police said.—
Caitlin Danaher,
CNN,
31 Jan. 2025
Noun
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In 1972, Scottish sailor Dougal Robertson and his family survived for 38 days at sea in a small dinghy after killer whales sunk their schooner near the Galapagos Islands.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
29 Jan. 2025
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Charcoal portraits depict six of the enslaved Africans who were aboard the Amistad, the 19th-century slaving schooner that became the center of a landmark Supreme Court case.—
Kaila Philo,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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In the Caribbean, wandering yachtsmen on sloops and catamarans know these masts well.—
Joe Sills,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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To ensure Blackbeard was neutralized, Spotswood gave Robert Maynard, an officer in the Royal Navy, control of 60 men and two sloops—small sailboats that lacked cannons but could pursue Blackbeard in the narrow inlets and shallows of the coast.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Nov. 2024
Noun
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The business first chartered sailboats and then represented northern European yacht brands in Italy.—
Robb Report Staff,
Robb Report,
6 Jan. 2025
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Scrimshaw* sailboat: Built 1947, launched 1960, acquired 2024; 38 feet long.—
Roger Showley,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Early last week, NATO's Baltic Sentry mission consisted of three ships: German minesweeper FGS Datteln, Dutch frigate HNLMS Tromp and Dutch hydrographic survey vessel HNLMS Luymes.—
Sarah Dean,
CNN,
27 Jan. 2025
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In Helsinki on Tuesday, members of the defense bloc with access to the Baltic Sea agreed at a summit on regional security threats — including Russian cable sabotage — to deploy frigates, patrol aircraft and naval drones in the Baltic Sea to help protect critical infrastructure.—
Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC News,
14 Jan. 2025
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