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Kayak

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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.

    "It’s just offshore from private property inaccessible to the general public, so a good way to approach the rock is by kayak, which can be rented in the small village of Port Austin."

  2. 2
    a small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins; used by Eskimos wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To use a kayak, to travel or race in a kayak. intransitive

    "Kayaking is an Olympic sport."

  2. 2
    travel in a small canoe wordnet
  3. 3
    To traverse (a body of water) by kayak. transitive

    "On a dare, he kayaked the Harlem River in New York from Hell's Gate to Spyten Duyvil."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “hunter's boat”) (Inuvialuktun), from Proto-Eskimo *qayaʁ. Compare Greenlandic qajaq and Yup'ik qayaq.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “hunter's boat”) (Inuvialuktun), from Proto-Eskimo *qayaʁ. Compare Greenlandic qajaq and Yup'ik qayaq.

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