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kayak

kayak

42 2.3
A small narrow boat you move with a double-bladed paddle
  • noun
  • /ˈkaɪæk/
translation icon : kayak
  • She enjoyed gliding across the lake in her kayak on a sunny afternoon.
  • canoes and kayaks
  • kayaks crash

And I have to put this kayak on my Mustang.

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Examples

  • Others in the group explored the area in kayaks and canoes.

    Academic text (2000)

  • This is a brand new kayak and a brand new paddle.

  • I would also like to rent a kayak if I could.

    Erzulie (2022)

  • Does your brother still have a kayak?

    I Feel Pretty (2018)

  • I am in the middle of the Hudson River on a kayak for free.

    Brett Conti

  • Parker also wants to get a kayak and go all the way across to the main island.

  • We've already reserved the sea kayak for noon.

    Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)

  • The boy, at the front of the kayak, couldn't see the old man's face.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • One can canoe, kayak, drive, walk, and bike along the five-mile-long Wildlife Drive.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Lowell and Daphne have decided to take a ride in the kayak tied to the end of the pier.

    Fiction book (2002)

Synonyms

boat
vskayak
∞ 1.0

A small vehicle used on water to carry people, like a rowboat or motorboat

is a narrow covered craft propelled by a double bladed paddle not a general vessel
canoe
vskayak
120 1.0

A narrow light boat with pointed ends that you move with a paddle

uses a double bladed paddle and an enclosed watertight cover
rowboat
vskayak
21 1.0

A small open boat moved with oars on lakes and rivers

uses paddles rather than oars and usually has an enclosed watertight cover
dinghy
vskayak
18 4.8

A small open boat that people use for short trips, often to reach a larger boat

is narrower and propelled with a double bladed paddle and watertight cover
small boat
vskayak
13 1.0

A boat that is small and used for short trips on lakes or rivers

is a specific narrow covered craft with a double bladed paddle rather than size alone
baidarka
vskayak
  • US
9.9

A small covered kayak that the Aleut people use for hunting and travel

is the general small covered Arctic craft rather than a regional form

How Small

dinghy
18 4.8
kayak
42 2.3
canoe
120 1.0
boat
∞ 1.0
ship
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

kayak singular
kayaks plural

Etymology

Kayak comes from the Inuit word qajaq, which means 'small boat'. It was the name for the light, narrow boats used in the Arctic, so kayak today means that small boat and is easy to remember because it reads the same forwards and backwards.