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Webster 1913 Edition


Kayak

Kay′ak

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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.

Definition 2024


kayak

kayak

English

A modern kayak

Alternative forms

Noun

kayak (plural kayaks)

  1. A type of small boat, covered over by a surface deck, powered by the occupant or occupants using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position, from a hole in the surface deck

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Verb

kayak (third-person singular simple present kayaks, present participle kayaking, simple past and past participle kayaked)

  1. (intransitive) to use a kayak, to travel or race in a kayak
    Kayaking is an Olympic sport.
  2. (transitive) to traverse a body of water by kayak.
    On a dare, he kayaked the Harlem River in New York from ****'s Gate to Spyten Duyvil.

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French

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Etymology

From Inuktitut (Western Canadian Inuktitut) ᖃᔭᖅ (qajaq, man's boat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.jak/
  • Homophone: kayaks
  • Hyphenation: ka‧yak

Noun

kayak m (plural kayaks)

  1. kayak

Derived terms


Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inuktitut (Western Canadian Inuktitut) ᖃᔭᖅ (qajaq, man's boat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.ˈjak/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧yàk

Noun

kayak m (invariable)

  1. kayak

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Norman

Etymology

Borrowing from English kayak.

Noun

kayak m (plural kayaks)

  1. (Jersey) kayak

Spanish

Alternative forms

Noun

kayak m (plural kayaks)

  1. kayak

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Turkish

Etymology

From kaymak.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ka‧yak

Noun

kayak (definite accusative kayağı, plural kayaklar)

  1. ski

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Volapük

Noun

kayak (plural kayaks)

  1. kayak

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