— canoeist , n.
/keuh nooh"/ , n. , v. , canoed, canoeing .
n.
1. any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
2. any of various small, primitive light boats.
3. paddle one's own canoe , Informal.
a. to handle one's own affairs; manage independently.
b. to mind one's own business.
v.i.
4. to paddle a canoe.
5. to go in a canoe.
v.t.
6. to transport or carry by canoe.
[ 1545-55; canoa canoa ]