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canoeing

/kəˈnuɪŋ/

canoeing noun: a water sport involving travelling or racing in canoes or kayaks. Also the present participle and gerund of canoe.

Noun

canoeing (countable and uncountable, plural canoeings)

  1. A 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. When a cigar, cigarette, or joint burns unevenly, burning more on one side.

Also used as

canoeing is also the present participle and gerund of canoe.

Forms of canoeing

pluralcanoeings

Origin of canoeing

From canoe + -ing.

Words formed from canoeing

Questions about canoeing

What does canoeing mean?
Canoeing means a water sport involving travelling or racing in canoes or kayaks.
What part of speech is canoeing?
Canoeing is a noun.
How do you pronounce canoeing?
Canoeing is pronounced /kəˈnuɪŋ/.
What is the plural of canoeing?
The plural of canoeing is canoeings.

Words near canoeing in the dictionary

  1. canoe slalom
  2. canoe sprint
  3. canoeability
  4. canoeable
  5. canoed
  6. canoeing
  7. canoeings
  8. Canoeiro
  9. Canoeiros
  10. canoeist
  11. canoeists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: canoeing (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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