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kayak

[ kahy-ak ]

noun

  1. 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.
  2. a small boat resembling this, made commercially of a variety of materials and used in sports.


verb (used without object)

  1. to go or travel by kayak.

verb (used with object)

  1. to travel on by kayak:

    to kayak the Colorado River.

kayak

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noun

  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
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of kayak1

First recorded in 1750–60, kayak is from the Inuit word qayaq
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of kayak1

C18: from Inuktitut (Greenland dialect)
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Example Sentences

According to police, Mr Polyakov has visited the region twice before - including using an inflatable kayak in October last year before he was stopped by hotel staff.

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"They don't go kayaking, they don't go diving, but, my goodness, they queue at the toilets."

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Dall had fixed a camera to the back of his kayak to record the rising waves - which captured his son's remarkable experience.

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A dispatcher advised him not to go into the water and to stay in his own kayak, according to authorities.

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Cornett had been missing since Dec. 14 when he dialed 911 to report that his brother’s kayak had flipped in the cold and murky waterway.

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