canoe
[ kuh-noo ]
/ kəˈnu /
noun
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.
any of various small, primitive light boats.
verb (used without object), ca·noed, ca·noe·ing.
to paddle a canoe.
to go in a canoe.
verb (used with object), ca·noed, ca·noe·ing.
to transport or carry by canoe.
Idioms for canoe
- to handle one's own affairs; manage independently.
- to mind one's own business.
paddle one's own canoe, Informal.
Origin of canoe
1545–55; < French < Spanish
canoa < Arawak; replacing
canoa < Spanish
OTHER WORDS FROM canoe
ca·noe·ist, nounWords nearby canoe
cannular,
cannulate,
cannulation,
canny,
canoas,
canoe,
canoe birch,
canoe slalom,
canoewood,
canola,
canola oil
British Dictionary definitions for paddle one's own canoe
canoe
/ (kəˈnuː) /
noun
a light narrow open boat, propelled by one or more paddles
NZ another word for waka (def. 1)
in the same canoe NZ
of the same tribe
verb -noes, -noeing or -noed
to go in a canoe or transport by canoe
Derived forms of canoe
canoeing, noun canoeist, nounWord Origin for canoe
C16: from Spanish
canoa, of Carib origin
Idioms and Phrases with paddle one's own canoe (1 of 2)
paddle one's own canoe
Be independent and self-reliant, as in It's time Bill learned to paddle his own canoe. This idiom alludes to steering one's own boat. [c. 1800]
Idioms and Phrases with paddle one's own canoe (2 of 2)
canoe
see paddle one's own canoe.