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rafting

[ raf-ting, rahf- ]

noun

  1. the sport of traveling on rivers and streams by raft.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rafting1

First recorded in 1690–1700; raft 1 + -ing 1

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Example Sentences

Paddlers will want to plan their trip for October, when rafting season is in full swing.

In addition to hiking, rafting, kayaking, biking, and camping, the Buffalo National River International Dark Sky Park has especially dark skies so it’s a phenomenal place for stargazing.

Guided rafting trips typically start on April 1, but the crowds don’t show up until school is out in June.

The Arkansas River is a legendary kayaking and rafting destination about three hours from Denver.

Combination rafting and hiking trips, on which you can enjoy the beauty of the Arctic without having to schlep all your gear.

The idea of rafting on top of people is just as bizarre as well.

Rishikesh is now considered the yoga capital of the world but is also a center for whitewater rafting and treks in the Himalaya.

The privately owned area does not have trails in the canyon, but does offer similar white-water rafting trips.

Tickets are hard to get for the confab, which combines discussion of global economic issues—and whitewater rafting.

Scott recalled a fateful river-rafting expedition to the Grand Canyon with the producers that helped ice the job.

Then he worked all day fixing things in bundles, and getting all ready to quit rafting.

To salvage the sticks that spilled, to arrange the booms for rafting down stream, kept Hollister on the move.

I have a dim memory of helping him (and grandfather) split oak-blocks into rafting pins in the kitchen.

After leaving Thompson's Creek they had much trouble crossing swamps and rafting over deep streams.

He had gone down once, rafting, with lumber, and a jolly three weeks' float they had of it.

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