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kayak
[ kahy-ak ]
noun
- 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.
verb (used without object)
- to go or travel by kayak.
verb (used with object)
- to travel on by kayak:
to kayak the Colorado River.
kayak
/ ˈkaɪæk /
noun
- 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
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- kay·ak·er noun
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Origin of kayak1
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Example Sentences
Dr. Neal is a spine surgeon who made a trip to heaven while drowning in a kayak accident in South America.
Other new admissions to the dictionary include qayaq—an alternate spelling of kayak—and thongy.
They have a modest second home, somewhere near the mountains where they can hike and bike and kayak and generally enjoy nature.
They include Kayak, an online travel broker, and VKontakte, a social-networking site in Russia.
In this sense, Kayak Morning itself is both an exercise and a product.
We supposed that the paddle and the harpoon went with the kayak.
While we were at breakfast, Weymouth came down to report a kayak coming off.
Kiv-i-ung, who had never abused the boy, had gone out with the rest, but his kayak did not capsize.
He was so frightened that he nearly upset his kayak, but he steadied it and arose to his feet, lifting his spear.
He closed his eyes, the backbone became a kayak, and away he sped over the water.
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