Definition of "kayak" in English

noun

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.

verb

1. (intransitive) To use a kayak, to travel or race in a kayak.

   • Kayaking is an Olympic sport.

2. (transitive) To traverse (a body of water) by kayak.

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