Kayak definition
On a dare, he kayaked the Harlem River in New York from Hell's Gate to Spyten Duyvil.
Kayaked rapids of the Colorado River.
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Origin of kayak
- Inuit Yupik qajaq
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Inuktitut (Western Canadian Inuktitut) ᖃᔭᖅ (qajaq, “man's boat”), from Proto-Eskimo *qyaq.
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