Definitions for kayakˈkaɪ æk

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

kay•akˈkaɪ æk(n.)

  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.

    Category: Nautical, Anthropology, Navy, Sport

  2. a small boat resembling this used in sports.

    Category: Nautical, Navy, Sport

  3. (v.i.)to go or travel by kayak.

    Category: Common Vocabulary, Sport, Nautical, Navy

Origin of kayak:

1750–60; < Inuit qayaq

kay′ak•er(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. kayak(verb)

    a small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins; used by Eskimos

  2. kayak(verb)

    travel in a small canoe

    "we kayaked down the river"

Wiktionary

  1. kayak(Noun)

    A type of small boat, powered by the occupant or occupants using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position.

  2. kayak(Verb)

    to use a kayak, to travel or race in a kayak

    Kayaking is an Olympic sport.

  3. kayak(Verb)

    to traverse a body of water by kayak.

    On a dare, he kayaked the Harlem River in New York from Hell's Gate to Spyten Duyvil.

  4. Origin: From ᖃᔭᖅ, from qyaq.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Kayak(noun)

    a light canoe, made of skins stretched over a frame, and usually capable of carrying but one person, who sits amidships and uses a double-bladed paddle. It is peculiar to the Eskimos and other Arctic tribes


Translations for kayak

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

kayak(noun)

an open canoe, especially an Eskimo canoe made of sealskins stretched over a frame.

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