canoeing

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/kəˈnuɪŋ/

noun

A water sport involving travelling or racing in canoes or kayaks.

OriginEnglish canoe ← Spanish canoa ← Taíno *kanowa →
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Meanings

nouncanoeing (countable and uncountable, plural canoeings)

plural canoeings

  1. countableuncountableA water sport involving travelling or racing in canoes or kayaks.

    Their adventures are much more thrilling than your summer hikes and canoeings.

    1920, Charles H. Schnapps, Archag, the Little Armenian, page xx
  2. countableuncountablelifestyleWhen a cigar, cigarette, or joint burns unevenly, burning more on one side.
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of canoe

Origin

  1. Proto-Arawak*kanawa
  2. Taíno*kanowa
  3. Spanishcanoa
  4. Englishcanoe
  5. Englishcanoeing

From canoe + -ing.

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Translations

Catalan canotatge, piragüisme
  • canotatgesport
  • piragüismesport
Chinese Mandarin 皮划艇（運動） /皮划艇（运动）, 划艇（運動） /划艇（运动）
  • 皮划艇（運動） /皮划艇（运动）sport
  • 划艇（運動） /划艇（运动）sport
Finnish melonta, kanoottiurheilu
  • melontasport
  • kanoottiurheilusport
French canoë-kayac, canoéisme
  • canoë-kayacsport
  • canoéismesport
Hebrew שֵׁיט סִירוֹת קָנוּ
  • שֵׁיט סִירוֹת קָנוּ (sheyt sirot kanu)sport
Hungarian kajak-kenu
  • kajak-kenusport
Japanese カヌー競技
  • カヌー競技 (kanū kyōgi)sport
Māori hoehoe tāwhai
  • hoehoe tāwhaisport
Polish kajakarstwo
  • kajakarstwosport
Portuguese canoagem
  • canoagemsport
Spanish piragüismo
  • piragüismosport
Turkish kano sporu
  • kano sporusport

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

canoeing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/canoeing

MLA

“canoeing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/canoeing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “canoeing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/canoeing.

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