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kayak         
  • Modern skin-on-frame kayak; the skin is cloth, sewn to fit over the wooden frame and then waterproofed.
  • Rotomoulded [[whitewater kayak]]
  • An inflatable sit-on-top kayak
  • thumb
  • Alexander Grant in his foldboat, July 19, 1941, at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
  • polo kayak]] has a lot of rocker; that is, the bottom is not flat when seen from the side.
  • alt=1) a five-sided polygon which is nearly a wide rectangle, with the lower long side (the boat's bottom) a bit shorter than the upper (the deck) and the fifth point (the keel) slightly bending the nearly-flat bottom downwards. 2) The short sides retain the same angle, but the keel is a bit lower and the chines a bit higher. 3) The chines are substantially closer together and higher than the keel so that the angles of the hull at the chines and at the keel are all three approximately equal. 4) Two additional chines make a seven-sided polygon which approximates a half-circle with the flat side up. 5) A 9-sided polygon approximating a half-circle more closely.
  • alt=Photo of two males wearing fur sitting in well of large kayak
  • Fishing kayak with high lateral stability.
  • alt=Photo of long wooden pole with larger, rectangular flattened sections at either end
  • alt=Man sitting with legs covered in a boat that tapers to a point at each end holding long, pointed, wooden pole
  • An example of a man using an inflatable kayak
  • Inflatable kayak
  • Surfski kayaks
  • alt=Long, thin kayak with blunt bow and stern, on flat water, person getting in
  • Single-person racing
  • Interior 360 degree photosphere of a kayak at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. [https://tools.wmflabs.org/panoviewer/#Kayak-interior-Smithsonian-NMAI.jpg ''Click for an immersive 360 degree view'']
  • River kayaks in [[Hokkaido]], [[Japan]]
  • alt=Photo of a person sitting in a boat holding a paddle with otters swimming in the foreground. The boat is approximately 12 feet long and only slightly wider than the paddler.
  • Folding kayak, partly-assembled
  • Kayak sitting positions. The longer boat is a West Greenland kayak, the shorter a kayak polo boat. Pale orange areas are the places against which the paddler braces their feet and thighs (contact with hips, and with the kayak's seat, not shown).
  • Strip-built solid wooden kayak with fiberglass coat
  • Playboating competition
  • Klepper Aerius Quattro XT in military colors
  • alt=Photo of beach, with several kayaks strewn around and people in background
  • alt=A single person paddles an inflatable loaded with about twice his own body volume in goods, neatly stacked and lashed fore and aft to a height of over 50cm.
  • alt=Photo of rear of person wearing orange life preserver sitting in kayak with buildings in far background
  • alt=Photo of single-person kayak sitting on land
  • sea kayak]] in west [[Wales]]
  • A squirt boat barely floats, allowing the paddler to submerge completely.
  • The world cup competitions in kayaking in Vaxholm, [[Sweden]], photographed by Gunnar Lundh in 1938.
  • Assembling an aluminum frame for a folding kayak; the cloth covering (foreground) will later be stretched over it
  • Sit-on-top kayaks
  • Sit-on-top three-person kayak
  • Inflatable kayaks tend to be very wide; this is not a problem for the large, broad-shouldered stern paddler. The smaller bow paddler is leaning sideways and sliding her hands along the paddle to improve her leverage. Her safety equipment is also too large. US Navy.
  • Kayaking in the [[Upsala Glacier]] in [[Los Glaciares National Park]]
  • A waveski. [[Skeg]]s below. The straps form back- and foot-rests
  • stringers]], and the [[keel]].
  • alt=Photo of man in kayak holding paddle nearly parallel to the boat, surrounded by white water
['k??ak]
¦ noun a canoe of a type used originally by the Inuit, made of a light frame with a watertight covering having a small opening for the seat.
¦ verb (kayaks, kayaking, kayaked) [usu. as noun kayaking] travel in a kayak.
Derivatives
kayaker noun
Origin
C18: from Inuit qayaq.
kayak         
  • Modern skin-on-frame kayak; the skin is cloth, sewn to fit over the wooden frame and then waterproofed.
  • Rotomoulded [[whitewater kayak]]
  • An inflatable sit-on-top kayak
  • thumb
  • Alexander Grant in his foldboat, July 19, 1941, at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
  • polo kayak]] has a lot of rocker; that is, the bottom is not flat when seen from the side.
  • alt=1) a five-sided polygon which is nearly a wide rectangle, with the lower long side (the boat's bottom) a bit shorter than the upper (the deck) and the fifth point (the keel) slightly bending the nearly-flat bottom downwards. 2) The short sides retain the same angle, but the keel is a bit lower and the chines a bit higher. 3) The chines are substantially closer together and higher than the keel so that the angles of the hull at the chines and at the keel are all three approximately equal. 4) Two additional chines make a seven-sided polygon which approximates a half-circle with the flat side up. 5) A 9-sided polygon approximating a half-circle more closely.
  • alt=Photo of two males wearing fur sitting in well of large kayak
  • Fishing kayak with high lateral stability.
  • alt=Photo of long wooden pole with larger, rectangular flattened sections at either end
  • alt=Man sitting with legs covered in a boat that tapers to a point at each end holding long, pointed, wooden pole
  • An example of a man using an inflatable kayak
  • Inflatable kayak
  • Surfski kayaks
  • alt=Long, thin kayak with blunt bow and stern, on flat water, person getting in
  • Single-person racing
  • Interior 360 degree photosphere of a kayak at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. [https://tools.wmflabs.org/panoviewer/#Kayak-interior-Smithsonian-NMAI.jpg ''Click for an immersive 360 degree view'']
  • River kayaks in [[Hokkaido]], [[Japan]]
  • alt=Photo of a person sitting in a boat holding a paddle with otters swimming in the foreground. The boat is approximately 12 feet long and only slightly wider than the paddler.
  • Folding kayak, partly-assembled
  • Kayak sitting positions. The longer boat is a West Greenland kayak, the shorter a kayak polo boat. Pale orange areas are the places against which the paddler braces their feet and thighs (contact with hips, and with the kayak's seat, not shown).
  • Strip-built solid wooden kayak with fiberglass coat
  • Playboating competition
  • Klepper Aerius Quattro XT in military colors
  • alt=Photo of beach, with several kayaks strewn around and people in background
  • alt=A single person paddles an inflatable loaded with about twice his own body volume in goods, neatly stacked and lashed fore and aft to a height of over 50cm.
  • alt=Photo of rear of person wearing orange life preserver sitting in kayak with buildings in far background
  • alt=Photo of single-person kayak sitting on land
  • sea kayak]] in west [[Wales]]
  • A squirt boat barely floats, allowing the paddler to submerge completely.
  • The world cup competitions in kayaking in Vaxholm, [[Sweden]], photographed by Gunnar Lundh in 1938.
  • Assembling an aluminum frame for a folding kayak; the cloth covering (foreground) will later be stretched over it
  • Sit-on-top kayaks
  • Sit-on-top three-person kayak
  • Inflatable kayaks tend to be very wide; this is not a problem for the large, broad-shouldered stern paddler. The smaller bow paddler is leaning sideways and sliding her hands along the paddle to improve her leverage. Her safety equipment is also too large. US Navy.
  • Kayaking in the [[Upsala Glacier]] in [[Los Glaciares National Park]]
  • A waveski. [[Skeg]]s below. The straps form back- and foot-rests
  • stringers]], and the [[keel]].
  • alt=Photo of man in kayak holding paddle nearly parallel to the boat, surrounded by white water
n. to paddle a kayak
kayak         
  • Modern skin-on-frame kayak; the skin is cloth, sewn to fit over the wooden frame and then waterproofed.
  • Rotomoulded [[whitewater kayak]]
  • An inflatable sit-on-top kayak
  • thumb
  • Alexander Grant in his foldboat, July 19, 1941, at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
  • polo kayak]] has a lot of rocker; that is, the bottom is not flat when seen from the side.
  • alt=1) a five-sided polygon which is nearly a wide rectangle, with the lower long side (the boat's bottom) a bit shorter than the upper (the deck) and the fifth point (the keel) slightly bending the nearly-flat bottom downwards. 2) The short sides retain the same angle, but the keel is a bit lower and the chines a bit higher. 3) The chines are substantially closer together and higher than the keel so that the angles of the hull at the chines and at the keel are all three approximately equal. 4) Two additional chines make a seven-sided polygon which approximates a half-circle with the flat side up. 5) A 9-sided polygon approximating a half-circle more closely.
  • alt=Photo of two males wearing fur sitting in well of large kayak
  • Fishing kayak with high lateral stability.
  • alt=Photo of long wooden pole with larger, rectangular flattened sections at either end
  • alt=Man sitting with legs covered in a boat that tapers to a point at each end holding long, pointed, wooden pole
  • An example of a man using an inflatable kayak
  • Inflatable kayak
  • Surfski kayaks
  • alt=Long, thin kayak with blunt bow and stern, on flat water, person getting in
  • Single-person racing
  • Interior 360 degree photosphere of a kayak at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. [https://tools.wmflabs.org/panoviewer/#Kayak-interior-Smithsonian-NMAI.jpg ''Click for an immersive 360 degree view'']
  • River kayaks in [[Hokkaido]], [[Japan]]
  • alt=Photo of a person sitting in a boat holding a paddle with otters swimming in the foreground. The boat is approximately 12 feet long and only slightly wider than the paddler.
  • Folding kayak, partly-assembled
  • Kayak sitting positions. The longer boat is a West Greenland kayak, the shorter a kayak polo boat. Pale orange areas are the places against which the paddler braces their feet and thighs (contact with hips, and with the kayak's seat, not shown).
  • Strip-built solid wooden kayak with fiberglass coat
  • Playboating competition
  • Klepper Aerius Quattro XT in military colors
  • alt=Photo of beach, with several kayaks strewn around and people in background
  • alt=A single person paddles an inflatable loaded with about twice his own body volume in goods, neatly stacked and lashed fore and aft to a height of over 50cm.
  • alt=Photo of rear of person wearing orange life preserver sitting in kayak with buildings in far background
  • alt=Photo of single-person kayak sitting on land
  • sea kayak]] in west [[Wales]]
  • A squirt boat barely floats, allowing the paddler to submerge completely.
  • The world cup competitions in kayaking in Vaxholm, [[Sweden]], photographed by Gunnar Lundh in 1938.
  • Assembling an aluminum frame for a folding kayak; the cloth covering (foreground) will later be stretched over it
  • Sit-on-top kayaks
  • Sit-on-top three-person kayak
  • Inflatable kayaks tend to be very wide; this is not a problem for the large, broad-shouldered stern paddler. The smaller bow paddler is leaning sideways and sliding her hands along the paddle to improve her leverage. Her safety equipment is also too large. US Navy.
  • Kayaking in the [[Upsala Glacier]] in [[Los Glaciares National Park]]
  • A waveski. [[Skeg]]s below. The straps form back- and foot-rests
  • stringers]], and the [[keel]].
  • alt=Photo of man in kayak holding paddle nearly parallel to the boat, surrounded by white water
(kayaks)
A kayak is a narrow boat like a canoe, used by the Inuit people and in the sport of canoeing.
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Wikipedia

Kayak (company)

Kayak (styled as KAYAK) is a metasearch engine owned and operated by Booking Holdings.

Kayak's website and mobile apps are currently available in over 18 languages and more than 30 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, India, China, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, Australia, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, Belgium, Korea, Japan, and Singapore.

Examples of use of KAYAK
1. Your paddle, life vest and kayak should appear fairly new.
2. Patient Esther Young had gone to the park to kayak.
3. First, we had to kayak across the caiman–infested waters.
4. Soon, the Greenland Kayak Association started staging competitions.
5. "When I was 18, I received my first kayak and went hunting with it.