canoeing

English

Etymology

From canoe +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈnuɪŋ/

Noun

canoeing (countable and uncountable, plural canoeings)

1. A water sport involving travelling or racing in canoes or kayaks.
   • 1920, Charles H. Schnapps, Archag, the Little Armenian, page xx:

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

2. (smoking) When a cigar, cigarette, or joint burns unevenly, burning more on one side.

Derived terms

• cabrewing
• canuding

Translations

sport

• Catalan: canotatge m, piragüisme (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 皮划艇（運動） / 皮划艇（运动） (píhuátǐng (yùndòng)), 划艇（運動） / 划艇（运动） (huátǐng (yùndòng))

• Finnish: melonta (fi), kanoottiurheilu
• Galician: piragüismo m
• Hebrew: שֵׁיט סִירוֹת קָנוּ (he) m (sheyt sirot kanu)
• Hungarian: kajak-kenu
• Japanese: カヌー競技 (かぬーきょうぎ, kanū kyōgi)
• Maori: hoehoe tāwhai
• Polish: kajakarstwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: canoagem (pt) f
• Spanish: piragüismo (es) m
• Turkish: kano sporu

Verb

canoeing

1. present participle and gerund of canoe