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
After hours of searching, the dinghy was found at 5:30 a.m. in an isolated cove.
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Alex Gurley, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
When Catherine opens her eyes, Nicky and the dinghy are far offshore.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
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.
—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
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Alex Gurley, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
When Catherine opens her eyes, Nicky and the dinghy are far offshore.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dinghy
Noun
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The revelation comes after Ne-Yo flicked it up on a yacht earlier this month alongside three of his partners who go by the Instagram handles: Daddys_Pretty_Baby__, Phoneixx__feather, and ArielleHill.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
26 Feb. 2025
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Quentin died after Tanya shot him and other guests and crew members aboard his yacht on the way back to Taormina, Sicily.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
25 Feb. 2025
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What to Know The U.S. Treasury and State Departments sanctioned over 30 individuals and ships, including leaders of Iran's National Iranian Oil Company and Iranian Oil Terminals Company for their role in brokering crude oil sales.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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To be sure, Nvidia could right the momentum ship this week.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
25 Feb. 2025
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What about a cold one in giant schooner on your lunch break?—
Miami Herald Archive,
Miami Herald,
12 Feb. 2025
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Biscayne Bay is known for its shipwrecks, and the Mandalay, a schooner that sank in the ’60s, is one of the top sites, as the hull sits in shallow enough water to be seen by snorkelers as well as divers.—
Graham Averill,
Outside Online,
21 Jan. 2025
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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
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The officer posed as someone with a sailboat brokerage business who could bring boats back and forth between Canada and the Caribbean.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
4 Jan. 2025
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Out of thin air, the generative AI suddenly advised me to chuck my investments and buy a sailboat.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
21 Dec. 2024
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The British Royal Navy's frigate also launched a Merlin helicopter from 814 Naval Air Squadron to ascertain valuable information aerially.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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The navy would also need four submarines (including delaying one LA class retirement), three new destroyers, and three frigates to improve its flexibility for positioning maritime combat power, as well as six more logistics and support ships to keep the fleet at sea longer.—
Elaine McCusker,
Foreign Affairs,
13 Dec. 2024
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“Dinghy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dinghy. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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