Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An Inuit or Yupik boat consisting of a light wooden frame covered with watertight skins except for a single or double opening in the center, and propelled by a double-bladed paddle.
- noun A lightweight boat of similar or open design.
- intransitive verb To go, travel, or race in a kayak.
- intransitive verb To go or travel on (a body of water) by kayak.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Greenland, a light fishing-boat, made of sealskins stretched over a wooden frame, having in the middle of the upper side an opening to receive the fisherman, who wraps himself in a flap of sealskin, which is laced close around the hole to prevent the penetration of water.
- To hunt or travel in a kayak. Eskimo kayaking near Amadjuak Bay, Baffinland.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Naut.) 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A type of small
boat , powered by the occupant or occupants using a double-bladedpaddle in a sitting position. - verb intransitive to use a kayak, to
travel orrace in a kayak - verb transitive to traverse a body of water by kayak.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb travel in a small canoe
- noun a small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins; used by Eskimos
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Inuit, a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family that, via Danish, gave Global English the word kayak, now has fewer than fifty thousand speakers.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Inuit, a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family that, via Danish, gave Global English the word kayak, now has fewer than fifty thousand speakers.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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My sea kayak is all I need, has minimal storage and loops for a fishing pole – picture me as old man of the sea.
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My sea kayak is all I need, has minimal storage and loops for a fishing pole – picture me as old man of the sea.
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No – a sea kayak is a closed one person boat designed specifically for the ocean.
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It's not surprising that kayaks are such excellent fishing craft-after all, the kayak is the original stalker's boat.
The Kayak Advantage 1999
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My kayak is a stable platform that allows me to fish comfortably, to move from time to time, and to distance myself from other fishermen.
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Jackson kayak is located at Rock island, Tennessee, home of the ultimate freestyle hole, and the Brave wave.
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In last three and half years it has equalized and exceeded it status with one of the leading and well-known names in kayak making.
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My kayak is a stable platform that allows me to fish comfortably, to move from time to time, and to distance myself from other fishermen.
BrainyBabe commented on the word kayak
It is a boat, not a ship. Is there any way to remove someone else's erroneous tag?
December 23, 2008
bilby commented on the word kayak
No.
December 23, 2008
reesetee commented on the word kayak
No, there isn't--and in any case, that person (who could very well be Yours Truly) may be using this as a sort of "shortcut" tag to avoid having to individually tag an entire list of words when tagging the whole list at once would do.
Don't know about anyone else, but as far as I'm concerned, you can tag words as you wish, so long as you're not insulting or offensive about it. :-)
December 23, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word kayak
I, like reesetee, suspect that this tag is the result of someone tagging an entire list at once (you know you can do that, right? Saves A LOT of time!).
In general, if you're like me at all, you'll see a lot of tags that may bug you in their inaccuracy or impenetrableness, but there's no way to change them unless you are the individual who tagged them as such. Tags help organize stuff, and that sometimes means a given tag is useful only for an individual rather than the collective. I know I have some tags that are important to me on specific lists, and I also know that some others don't like them.
December 23, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word kayak
See tricks in case you want to understand who used specific tags on a page.
December 23, 2008
bilby commented on the word kayak
Seeing as this is a palindrome, a kayak should be able to travel backwards as easily as it travels forwards.
August 8, 2022