dinghy

noun

1. A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.

   “The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.”

2. A sailing dinghy.
3. An inflatable rubber life raft.

verb

1. (intransitive)To travel by dinghy.