kayak
a traditional Inuit or Yupik 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.
a small boat resembling this, made commercially of a variety of materials and used in sports.
to go or travel by kayak.
to travel on by kayak: to kayak the Colorado River.
Origin of kayak
1- Also kai·ak, ky·ack, ky·ak .
Other words from kayak
- kay·ak·er, noun
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How to use kayak in a sentence
They claimed that two of the Gibson boys had tried to buy kayaks at a local store, and asked to get them on credit.
Six of them immediately dropped into their kayaks and set off after him.
Left on Labrador | Charles Asbury StephensLike the kayaks, it was covered with seal-skin; or perhaps it might have been the hide of the walrus.
Left on Labrador | Charles Asbury StephensBut they had nothing with them to trade off to us, save their kayaks, paddles, and harpoons.
Left on Labrador | Charles Asbury StephensKnock their old kayaks to pieces: that frightens them worst of any thing.
Left on Labrador | Charles Asbury Stephens
We danced, we capered, at the risk of our necks, among the slippery kayaks.
Left on Labrador | Charles Asbury Stephens
British Dictionary definitions for kayak
kaiak
/ (ˈkaɪæk) /
a small light canoe-like boat used by the Inuit, consisting of a light frame covered with watertight animal skins
a fibreglass or canvas-covered canoe of similar design
Origin of kayak
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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