Kayak Definition

kīăk
kayaking, kayaks
noun
An Eskimo canoe made of skins completely covering a wooden frame except for an opening in the middle for the paddler.
Webster's New World
A lightweight boat of similar or open design.
American Heritage
Any similarly designed canoe for one or two paddlers, made of canvas, plastic, fiberglass, etc.
Webster's New World

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

Wiktionary
verb
To paddle, or go in, a kayak.
Webster's New World
To go or travel on (a body of water) by kayak.
Kayaked rapids of the Colorado River.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Kayak

Noun

Singular:
kayak
Plural:
kayaks

Origin of Kayak

  • From Inuktitut (Western Canadian Inuktitut) ᖃᔭᖅ (qajaq, “man's boat”), from Proto-Eskimo *qyaq.

    From Wiktionary

  • Inuit Yupik qajaq

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Kayak Sentence Examples

  • You can canoe, kayak or whitewater raft the many lakes and rivers.

  • The Athapascan covered all north-western Canada with his open and portable birch-bark canoe, somewhat resembling the kayak in finish.

  • Commencing in the Arctic region, the Eskimo in his kayak, consisting of a framework of driftwood or bone covered with dressed sealskin, could paddle down east Greenland, up the west shore to Smith Sound, along Baffin Land and Labrador, and the shores of Hudson Bay throughout insular Canada and the Alaskan coast, around to Mount St Elias, and for many miles on the eastern shore of Asia.

  • The key is having a kayak well fitted with buoyancy and having a bulkhead near to the rear of the cockpit.

  • Some kayakers do carry their flares on the deck of their kayak, typically under the deck elastics just in front of the cockpit.

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