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canoo

canoo is the obsolete form of canoe.

Meaning of canoe

Noun

canoe (plural canoes)

  1. A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends.
    • The canoe is of pure black oak, and is in excellent preservation.1886 January, The Antiquary: A Magazine Devoted to the Study of the Past, volume XIII, number 73, page 135
  2. (slang) An oversize, usually older, luxury car.
  3. Any of the deflectors positioned around a roulette wheel, shaped like upside-down boats.

See all 9 meanings of canoe

Forms of canoo

pluralcanoos

Questions about canoo

What is canoo the obsolete form of?
Canoo is the obsolete form of canoe.

Words near canoo in the dictionary

  1. canons
  2. canons by contrary motion
  3. Canons Park
  4. canonship
  5. canonships
  6. canoo
  7. canoodle
  8. canoodled
  9. canoodler
  10. canoodlers
  11. canoodles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: canoo (page history and authors); canoe (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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