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kay·ak

   [kahy-ak]
noun
1.
an Eskimo canoe with a skin cover on a light framework, made watertight by flexible closure around the waist of the occupant and propelled with a double-bladed paddle.
2.
a small boat resembling this, made commercially of a variety of materials and used in sports.
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verb (used without object)
3.
to go or travel by kayak.

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verb (used with object)
4.
to travel on by kayak: to kayak the Colorado River.
Also, kaiak, kyak, kyack.

Origin:
1750–60; < Inuit qayaq

Related forms
kay·ak·er, noun
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  • Doorley and his guides offer kayak instruction and recommend that only the highly experienced take off on their own.
  • Bright colors for others to see you on your kayak or standing in a stream.
  • He forces the paddle down into the shallow bottom of the bay, sending the yellow kayak gliding out into the water.
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kayak or kaiak (ˈkaɪæk)
 
—n
1.  a small light canoe-like boat used by the Inuit, consisting of a light frame covered with watertight animal skins
2.  a fibreglass or canvas-covered canoe of similar design
 
[C18: from Inuktitut (Greenland dialect)]
 
kaiak or kaiak
 
—n
 
[C18: from Inuktitut (Greenland dialect)]

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Word Origin & History

kayak
1757, from Dan. kajak, from Greenland Eskimo qayaq, lit. "small boat of skins."
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