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Noun: paddle  pa-d(u)l
  1. Small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games
     
  2. A blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel
     
  3. A short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat
    - boat paddle
     
  4. An enjoyable walk or play in shallow water with bare feet
     
  5. [N. Amer] An instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board
Verb: paddle  pa-d(u)l
  1. Propel with a paddle
    "paddle your own canoe"
     
  2. Play in or as if in water, as of small children
    - dabble, splash around
     
  3. Swim like a dog in shallow water
     
  4. Walk unsteadily, with short steps
    "small children paddle";
    - toddle, coggle, totter, dodder, waddle
     
  5. [N. Amer] Give a spanking to; subject to a spanking
    - spank, larrup [informal]
     
  6. Stir with a paddle

Derived forms: paddling, paddles, paddled

Type of: bat, beat, beat up, blade, boat, instrument of punishment, oar, play, stir, swim, vane, walk, work over

Part of: mill wheel, millwheel, paddle wheel, paddlewheel

Encyclopedia: Paddle