kayak

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In a few seconds the kayak was alongside the canoe and the boy stepped out upon the shore Let me try to steer your canoe," he said, pointing eagerly to the place where the Indian girl was about to seat herself Although Adolay did not understand the words, she had no difficulty with the boy's expressive pantomime.

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  1. noun An Inuit or Eskimo 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.
  2. noun A lightweight canoe that is similar in design.
  3. intransitive verb To go, travel, or race in a kayak.
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  • Carlos went through that in a kayak, and it almost killed him But we don't have a kayak. —  Asimov'sSF,April-May2007
  • The kayak is a noiseless thing, and the fog had helped them to approach it unperceived. —  THE ISLAND OF SHEEP
  • Paddling a tiny kayak, the pair set out from Australia to tackle the mighty Tasman.
  • Follow the tiny kayak, and follow the mind of a young man set on a goal that no amount of torture can dissuade him from reaching, on a journey that brings him face to face with himself. —  All Categories Featured Content - Associated Content
  • (Something involving a canoe or kayak, allegedly.) —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
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  1. Canadian Eskimo and Inuit qajaq.

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  1. Also kajak, kayack, kyack, kiak; a native Greenland (Eskimo) name.
  2. kayak, n.
 

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/ˈkæyæk/
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