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sampan

noun

Definition of sampan

as in canoe

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Recent Examples of sampan For something quieter, Greenfield-Turk suggests hiring a wooden sampan at dusk and drifting along the Perfume River. — Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2026 This village on stilts dances to the sea's rhythm, where sampans sail serene waters, and locals craft shrimp paste under the sun, just like their Tanka ancestors. — Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Feb. 2026 Malay, Chinese and Indian laborers did laundry, steered sampan boats and cleared land for the White military members. — Lilit Marcus, CNN, 16 Sep. 2022 Housed in a pastel-yellow colonial building opposite a 16th-century church, its entrance is flanked by tall vases, depicting sampan gliding between karst hills. — The Economist, 19 May 2018 The petite young woman who rowed our sampan had powerful, broad shoulders and tough, worn hands gripping the oars. — Diana Lambdin Meyer, kansascity.com, 9 May 2017

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Noun

The water sports pavilion has all the gear to take advantage of the embarrassment of adventure the Caribbean has to offer, from e-foiling boards to swim flippers to canoes.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026
A day earlier, authorities intercepted another equally small and overcrowded canoe-like boat carrying more than 200 people.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of canoe

Noun

In 2020, Steinberg successfully rowed over 2,500 miles from Monterey, California to Kaneohe, Hawaii alone in a 23-foot rowboat across 71 days.

— Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
This summer a group of Indigenous Taiwanese modern-day voyagers decided to recreate the journey in a large rowboat from one of Taiwan’s islands all the way to the Philippines in an effort to reconnect with their ancient seafaring heritage.

— Greg Dixon, NPR, 24 July 2026

Definition of rowboat

Noun

Dozens of sunken skiffs and speedboats, long written off by their owners, sat dry on the sand.

— Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Alas, the Launchpad’s crew did not respond to the request, and a nearby cruise ship came to the rescue instead, towing the skiff back to port.

— Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of skiff

Noun

Highlights and experiences It is always a special event stepping out of Venice’s airport onto a pontoon and a polished mahogany water taxi that drops you off canalside near your hotel, after a purr through the Grand Canal.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
Prosecutors said boater Richard Stevenson, of Lisle, was intoxicated and traveling at about 80 mph in July on the river when his pontoon hit a boat carrying Magdalena Jablonska of Des Plaines, decapitating her, authorities said.

— Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of pontoon

Noun

Wooden pirogue boats idle in the bay, while young people do odd jobs – rolling car tires across town or selling bags of tap water – to help their parents make ends meet.

— Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Dec. 2025
Offshore, kite surfers dance across the lagoon while fishermen paddle slender pirogues above shallow coral gardens alive with neon wrasse and ghostly butterflyfish.

— Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025

Definition of pirogue

Noun

Meanwhile, at Palmares Outpost, Papagayo’s adventure hub, those craving an adrenaline rush can try mountain biking or outrigger canoeing.

— Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2026
The money will finance dozens of routine but essential items, such as a new roof, a 24-seat school bus and outrigger canoes that will be used by military veterans struggling with post-traumatic stress.

— Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 10 July 2026

Definition of outrigger

Noun

That material will then be suctioned up along with seawater and loaded onto large barges, known as scows, which carry a slurry of sediment, rocks and debris.

— Teresa Tomassoni, Sun Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2026
The family friends promised to help Wade find work at a seafood processing plant or on a fish-buying scow.

— Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025

Definition of scow

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