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.

to paddle a canoe.

to go in a canoe.

to transport or carry by canoe. ?

paddle one's own canoe

Informal .

to handle one's own affairs; manage independently.

to mind one's own business.

noun

coracle , dugout , kayak , outrigger , piragua , pirogue , birch , boat , kayak (arctictribes) , piroque (dugout) , pitpan (cen. amer.) , proa , skiff , waka