English

Noun

kiack ‎(plural kiacks)

1. Alternative form of kayak^[1]

Etymology 2

Noun

kiack ‎(plural kiacks)

1. (Canada) Alosa pseudoharengus, a species of small freshwater fish, also known as the alewife.
   • 2007, "Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)," Fisheries and Aquaculture—Government of Nova Scotia (retrieved 30 Nov. 2011):

     Common names for the alewife are gaspereau, river herring, sawbelly, or kiack.

   • 2010, William Casselman, Nova Scotia Fish Word: Kiack, www.billcasselman.com (retrieved 29 Nov. 2011):

     Finally, I visited a group of kiack fishermen down in Argyle. This was a new fishery to me. The kiack (also called gaspereau and alewife in other areas) is fished with a dip net out of small brooks in the Tusket River area.

Etymology 3

Noun

kiack ‎(plural kiacks)

1. A temple for practitioners of Buddhism within Burma.^[2]

References

1. ↑ kiack at OneLook Dictionary Search
2. ↑ Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.