kayak
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æk 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.
verb (used without object)
3.
to go or travel by kayak.
verb (used with object)
4.
to travel on by kayak: to kayak the Colorado River.
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kayak or kaiak (ˈkaɪæk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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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Example sentences
Learn more about their kayak adventure and the film they made about it.
Transporting a kayak by car is no longer a tricky affair of elaborate knot work and prayer.
Enter the water smoothly if you are coming from a boat, canoe or kayak.
But that along with the admittedly controversial claims of kayak voyages suggest there may have been more contact than expected.
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