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Paddle
ˈpadl
Paddle definitions
noun
paddle
paddles
- a short pole with a broad blade at one or both ends, used without a rowlock to move a small boat or canoe through the water
"we dug in deep with our paddles"
- an act of paddling a boat
"a gentle paddle on sluggish water"
- a paddle-shaped instrument used for mixing food, or stirring or mixing in industrial processes
- a short-handled bat used in table tennis
- a paddle-shaped instrument used to administer corporal punishment
- each of the boards fitted round the circumference of a paddle wheel or mill wheel
- the fin or flipper of an aquatic mammal or bird
- a flat array of solar cells projecting from a spacecraft
- a plastic-covered electrode used in cardiac stimulation
verb
paddle
paddled
paddles
paddling
- move through the water in a boat using a paddle or paddles
"she paddled along the coast"
- propel a boat along (a stretch of water) using paddles
"a legal right to paddle Scottish rivers"
- (of bird or other animal) swim with short fast strokes
"the swan paddled away"
- beat (someone) with a paddle as a punishment
"ask the mother if she minds the offspring getting paddled from time to time"