river runner

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1. 1

   A raft, kayak, or similar watercraft used especially for traveling with the current of a…

   A raft, kayak, or similar watercraft used especially for traveling with the current of a river in a swift manner.

   • There are many ways to go down a whitewater river. . . . If you paddle a play boat, you will play. If you paddle a more stable river runner, you may play a little less or a little differently.
   • [C]heck out the Jackson Kayak Zen—it’s a full-on river runner but will still surf and flat spin nicely.
2. 2

   A person who uses such a watercraft.

   • "It's fabulous, spectacular, a little scary and sometimes a lot scary," John Williams, a Moab river runner for 30 years, said of the Cataract spring flood.
3. 3

   A recreational or commercial boat used for regular operation on a riverway.

   • In 1919, C.P. built a true work of art, a 26-foot mahogany river runner, with a stepped hull and an aft cockpit
   • The boat, a flat-bottomed river-runner with a forty-horse jet, slides off Mac's trailer, onto crumbling shelf ice and into the river, green, translucent.
   • The river runner was a broad flat boat, capable of holding a lot of cargo.
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      A person who is an experienced worker or traveler on a riverway.

      • [I]t was Captain Tod Halsey who had the responsibility of the whole thing. If the great marble shaft couldn't be dragged up the face of the bluff, the squint-eyed old river runner would be the loser.

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