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(sports) a catamaran sailing racing yacht, with a wingsail mainsail, developed for the 2013 America's Cup world tour, the 2013 America's Cup pre-regatta tune-up league, called the America's Cup World Series.
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(sports, nautical) A hydrofoil catamaran sailing racing yacht, with a wingsail mainsail, developed for the 2017 America's Cup.
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(sports) a catamaran sailing racing yacht, with a wingsail mainsail, developed for the 2013 America's Cup
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A flat-bottomed boat driven by an in-air propeller and used in shallow water.
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An edition of the sailing regatta
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(rare) Tourism for the purpose of water-based activities such as sailing and diving.
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(nautical) An inflatable recreational boat meant for towing, often yellow and banana-shaped.
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The act of chartering, navigating and living on, a boat, for a holiday etc.
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A cockpit with recessed seating, so that the pilot or driver is sitting in a bathtub-shaped area.
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A boat race in small powered watercraft designed around bathtubs or close facsimiles.
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(motorcycling, slang) A large motorbike with multiple chrome (or similar) cosmetic modifications.
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An informal sport in which participants use tyre inner tubes as rafts and ride them on rivers through caves
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Travelling by raft in water where there are no rapids.
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An outdoor recreational activity in which a participant sitting on the end of a partially inflated air bag is launched into the water when another participant jumps onto the air bag from a platform on the opposite side.
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A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave.
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A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind.
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A race between rowing crews.
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an inclined slab, or a channel, where small boats are launched.
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an exhibition where (usually) new boat models are on show to the public.
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The art or skill of handling a boat on the water.
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The art of managing a boat.
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(neologism) To hijack or troll a vote, especially one held online, by supporting a joke option.
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A kind of runabout boat with an open bow area.
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Someone who travels by bumboat
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A form of rowing race in which a number of boats chase each other in single file; each boat attempts to catch the boat in front without being caught by the boat behind.
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(sports) canoe (short for Canadian canoe, as opposed to kayak)
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A recreational activity involving canoeing, long-distance travel and camping.
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A person who travels by canoe.
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An overturning of a boat etc.
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(rowing, especially in plural) A race in which such craft participate
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(historical) A wooden speedboat used to rescue the crew of downed aircraft, chiefly in World War Two.
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(rowing) A boat for two scullers.
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A form of drag racing which takes place on water rather than land.
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The watersport of rowing dragon boats.
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(rowing) Synonym of easy-oar
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(rowing) To stop rowing.
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(rowing, especially in plural) A race in which such craft participate.
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(kayaking) A maneuver in which one uses the pressure of a wave to flip one's kayak end over end.
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(kayaking) The act of turning one's kayak from an upright position, laterally 360 degrees (going underwater and coming back up) while still moving forward.
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(nautical) A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule
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(canoeing) Of or pertaining to canoe-kayak sprint races in calm water.
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(watersports, sailing, yachting) A race in sport sail yachting where a squadron of sailboats race as a fleet, against one another, on the same course, at the same time.
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A floating hotel; a boatel
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Alternative spelling of foldboat [(kayaking) A type of collapsible canoe]
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(kayaking) Someone who paddles in a foldboat.
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The crew rowing in a four boat.
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(Canada, US) A boat powered by a petrol engine.
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(archaic) A gasoline-powered motorboat.
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A time trial in the sport of rowing.
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The practice of living and/or travelling in a houseboat.
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(nautical) A specific type of motorboat used exclusively for racing.
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A modified dragon boat mounted on two bogies, one at the front and at the back, each with side-by-side pairs of ice skate blades as runners, and a tiller able to rotate the rear bogie. It runs on top of ice and is propelled by rowers with spiked sticks in place of oars.
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A type of ice yacht equipped with runners and a flat bottom, and capable of floating in water, which makes it safe to use also on thin ice.
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A craft, in the broad shape of a yacht, fitted with skis or runners so as to sail on the ice.
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The act of travelling in a iceboat.
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(canoeing) A paddling technique used by the sternman of a canoe that starts with a stroke perpendicular to the boat and ends with a hook behind the back of the boat. This forms a letter "J" when paddling on the right side of the boat. The technique is used to overcome the tendency of the boat to turn when paddling on one side and keep the boat going straight in the water.
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a boat with water jet propulsion used primarily in shallow water
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A small motorized water craft with a flattish hull and an upright centre, which a rider sits astride.
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A boat propelled by a strong jet of water ejected from the back of the craft.
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Someone who travels by jetboat
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Alternative spelling of jet ski [A small motorized water craft with a flattish hull and an upright centre, which a rider sits astride.]
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Obsolete spelling of kayak [(intransitive) To use a kayak, to travel or race in a kayak.]
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(transitive) To traverse (a body of water) by kayak.
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A person who paddles a kayak
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Waterborne demonstration using kayaks, rafts, and other small boats, both as a demonstration and to interrupt the docking of vessels that are being protested.
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A waterborne demonstrator who uses kayaks, rafts, or other small boats, both as a demonstration and to interrupt the docking of vessels they are protesting.
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(Scotland) To propel (a boat) using a pole.
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Synonym of float tube (“small inflatable fishing craft”)
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(nautical, informal) An outboard motor.
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A sport in which one drives a lightweight vehicle powered by a large sail.
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(watersports, sailing, yachting) A type of sport sail yachting event where two sailboats race against one-another, head-to-head, on the same course, at the same time. (The America's Cup, the most famous sport yachting event, is of this type.)
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alternative form of motorboat [(nautical) Any vessel driven by an engine (either inboard or outboard), but especially a small one.]
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Someone who pilots a motorboat.
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(Philippines) a banca with an engine; a motorboat
adj
(nautical) (of a hull) having multiple chines
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Alternative form of Nantucket sleigh ride [(idiomatic) An obsolete and dangerous method of whale hunting in which a small boat manned by rowers and a harpooner, or a series of small boats tied together, would be attached to a whale by means of a harpoon and would then be towed by the creature at high speed across the water's surface, until the whale eventually became exhausted.]
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The recreational activity of piloting a narrowboat.
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The use of a paddle to propel a boat; a session of paddling.
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(nautical) A steam-powered vessel propelled by one or two paddle wheels
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Someone who travels by paddleboat
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Any sport involving the propulsion of a watercraft by means of a paddle.
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A boat propelled by paddlewheel.
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A form of rogaining taking place on lakes or other bodies of water.
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A recreational activity where a person is towed behind a vehicle (usually a boat) while attached to a specially designed parachute, known as a parasail.
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A large keelless flat-bottomed boat for shoal-water navigation, decked at the ends only, propelled by rowing, or by sails on two masts capable of being struck.
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A canoe or kayak designed for playboating.
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One who takes part in playboating.
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A small, fast motorboat.
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One who takes part in powerboating.
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One who oars or poles a punt (pontoon).
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Initialism of personal water craft. [Synonym of jet ski]
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Alternative form of kayak [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]
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(rowing, especially in plural) A race in which such craft participate
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A rowing event, with two scullers and two sweepers per shell.
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The sport of guiding a raft while descending a river, especially through rapids known as white water rafting.
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(countable) A series of boat races, or sometimes a single race.
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(paddlesport) The skill of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
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(US) A small open boat propelled by oars (by rowing).
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The rowing of boats as a competitive sport.
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A light rowing boat used for racing on the Thames
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(rare) A boat designed to take people on diving, surfing or cruising trips (safaris).
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The sport of recreational activity of using a sailboard. windsurfing.
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The act of travelling in a sailboat.
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Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise
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A ship with masts and sails, powered by the wind.
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(dated) A swift sailing boat.
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A boat race between extemporized crews rather than established rowing teams.
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One who sculls; an athlete who participates in sculling races.
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Alternative form of schuit [A flat-bottomed Dutch river-boat; a barge.]
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(yachting) Tacking on top of the wind of the following yacht in close quarters
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Alternative spelling of speedboat [A fast boat, usually small (for 1-8 people).]
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(intransitive) To travel by speedboat.
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A boat designed for competitive racing
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(nautical) Acronym of super slender twin hull. A catamaran with very slender hulls which are designed to reduce wake wash and increase passenger comfort, generally intended for use as fast-moving ferries, both ocean-going and operating close to shore.
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(watersports, sailing, yachting) A type of sport sail yachting close to the shore in an in-shore environment with tight courses, with shore-based fan stands comprising the "stadium". (Olympic sailing events typically are stadium sailing events. All Extreme Sailing Series races are stadium sailing events. Many of the America's Cup World Series fleet racing regattas are stadium sailing events.)
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Someone who pilots a steamboat
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A type of boat used in surf lifesaving to go from shore out through the breaking waves, and back again. Current designs are rowed by a crew of four, with a sweep at the back steering. Originally used for mass rescues, but now superseded by powered craft and used only for competition.
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(sports) The sport of riding waves as a surfer, while seated in a kayak.
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Alternative spelling of surf boat [A type of boat used in surf lifesaving to go from shore out through the breaking waves, and back again. Current designs are rowed by a crew of four, with a sweep at the back steering. Originally used for mass rescues, but now superseded by powered craft and used only for competition.]
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A longboat similar to a dragon boat, traditional in Thailand.
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(US, neologism, derogatory, transitive) to put forth sensational negative stories about a political figure as part of a smear campaign against them, especially regarding their military record
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A type of gunboat used by the United States military on inland waterways.
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A fairground ride consisting of an open gondola which swings back and forth.
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A small, high-speed warship designed to fire torpedoes, especially in coastal waters.
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Something, such as a barge, that is towed.
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(nautical) a squat powerful boat designed to push barges
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A boat towed by a line from the shore.
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Synonym of packraft (“lightweight inflatable boat”)
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the recreation of riding down a river on an inner tube
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(nautical) A boat having two hulls.
adj
Alternative form of in tow
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A public water bus, originally steam-powered, found especially in Venice.
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A high-performance boat for sculling, and winning wagers.
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A bicycle frame set between a pair of pontoon floats, with the pedals connected to a propeller and the handle bars connected to a rudder
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A human powered hydrofoil, that has an appearance akin to a tricycle or a snoracer.
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Alternative spelling of watersport [Any sport played on or in water; such as swimming or water skiing.]
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(uncountable, rare) Skill in boating, swimming, or other water-related sports.
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Skill in propelling oneself through the water, whether by swimming or boating.
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Alternative spelling of water skiing [The sport of riding on water skis, whilst being towed by a motorboat.]
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Any sport played on or in water; such as swimming or water skiing.
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Alternative form of whitewater rafting [Traveling by raft through a section of a river which is churning with rapids, as for sport or adventurism.]
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Alternative form of whitewater rafting [Traveling by raft through a section of a river which is churning with rapids, as for sport or adventurism.]
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Traveling by raft through a section of a river which is churning with rapids, as for sport or adventurism.
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A slick and light ship for making pleasure trips or racing on water, having sails but often motor-powered. At times used as a residence offshore on a dock.
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