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kayak

Best crossword clue

"Narrow paddled boat"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈkaɪˌæk/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aakkyStarts with KEnds with K1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Small narrow boat paddled with a double-bladed paddle.

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • Kayaking is an Olympic sport.
  • On a dare, he kayaked the Harlem River in New York from Hell's Gate to Spyten Duyvil.

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