canoeing

[kuh-noo]

ca·noe

[kuh-noo] noun, verb, ca·noed, ca·noe·ing.
noun
1.
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
2.
any of various small, primitive light boats.
verb (used without object)
3.
to paddle a canoe.
4.
to go in a canoe.

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Canoeing is always a great word to know.
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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
verb (used with object)
5.
to transport or carry by canoe.
6.
paddle one's own canoe, Informal.
a.
to handle one's own affairs; manage independently.
b.
to mind one's own business.

Origin:
1545–55; < French < Spanish canoa < Arawak; replacing canoa < Spanish

ca·noe·ist, noun

barge, boat, canoe, cruise ship, sailboat, ship, yacht.
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canoe (kəˈnuː)
 
n
1.  a light narrow open boat, propelled by one or more paddles
2.  (NZ) another word for waka
3.  (NZ) in the same canoe of the same tribe
 
vb , -noes, -noeing, -noed
4.  to go in a canoe or transport by canoe
 
[C16: from Spanish canoa, of Carib origin]
 
ca'noeing
 
n
 
ca'noeist
 
n

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