paddle

[Pad·dle]

If you regularly ride around in a canoe, you’re undoubtedly already familiar with a paddle, a pole with a broad, flat end that is used to propel a boat forward.

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To use the hands or fingers in toying; to make caressing strokes.

Noun
a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat

Noun
an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board

Noun
a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel

Noun
small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games

Verb
stir with a paddle

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Verb
give a spanking to; subject to a spanking

Verb
walk unsteadily; "small children toddle"

Verb
propel with a paddle; "paddle your own canoe"

Verb
swim like a dog in shallow water

Verb
play in or as if in water, as of small children

v. i.
To use the hands or fingers in toying; to make caressing strokes.

v. i.
To dabble in water with hands or feet; to use a paddle, or something which serves as a paddle, in swimming, in paddling a boat, etc.

v. t.
To pat or stroke amorously, or gently.

v. t.
To propel with, or as with, a paddle or paddles.

v. t.
To pad; to tread upon; to trample.

v. i.
An implement with a broad blade, which is used without a fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats.

v. i.
The broad part of a paddle, with which the stroke is made; hence, any short, broad blade, resembling that of a paddle.

v. i.
One of the broad boards, or floats, at the circumference of a water wheel, or paddle wheel.

v. i.
A small gate in sluices or lock gates to admit or let off water; -- also called clough.

v. i.
A paddle-shaped foot, as of the sea turtle.

v. i.
A paddle-shaped implement for string or mixing.

v. i.
See Paddle staff (b), below.

Paddle

Pad"dle , v. i. [Prob. for pattle, and a dim. of pat, v.; cf. also E. pad to tread, Prov. G. paddeln, padden, to walk with short steps, to paddle, G. patschen to splash, dash, dabble, F. patouiller to dabble, splash, fr. patte a paw. .] 1. To use the hands or fingers in toying; to make caressing strokes. [Obs.] Shak. 2. To dabble in water with hands or feet; to use a paddle, or something which serves as a paddle, in swimming, in paddling a boat, etc.

As the men were paddling for their lives.

While paddling ducks the standing lake desire.

Paddle

Pad"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paddled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Paddling ] 1. To pat or stroke amorously, or gently.

To be paddling palms and pinching fingers.

2. To propel with, or as with, a paddle or paddles. 3. To pad; to tread upon; to trample. [Prov. Eng.]

Paddle

Pad"dle, n. [See Paddle, v. i.] 1. An implement with a broad blade, which is used without a fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats. 2. The broad part of a paddle, with which the stroke is made; hence, any short, broad blade, resembling that of a paddle.

Thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon.

3. One of the broad boards, or floats, at the circumference of a water wheel, or paddle wheel. 4. A small gate in sluices or lock gates to admit or let off water; -- also called clough. 5. (Zo'94l.) A paddle-shaped foot, as of the sea turtle. 6. A paddle-shaped implement for string or mixing. 7. [In this sense prob. for older spaddle, a dim. of spade.] See Paddle staff (b), below. [Prov. Eng.] Paddle beam (Shipbuilding), one of two large timbers supporting the spring beam and paddle box of a steam vessel. -- Paddle board. See Paddle, n., 3. -- Paddle box, the structure inclosing the upper part of the paddle wheel of a steam vessel. -- Paddle shaft, the revolving shaft which carries the paddle wheel of a steam vessel. -- Paddle staff. (a) A staff tipped with a broad blade, used by mole catchers. [Prov. Eng.] (b) A long-handled spade used to clean a plowshare; -- called also plow staff. [Prov. Eng.] -- Paddle steamer, a steam vessel propelled by paddle wheels, in distinction from a screw propeller. -- Paddle wheel, the propelling wheel of a steam vessel, having paddles (or floats) on its circumference, and revolving in a vertical plane parallel to the vessel's length.

To use the hands or fingers in toying; to make caressing strokes.

To pat or stroke amorously, or gently.

An implement with a broad blade, which is used without a fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats.

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Refuse to accept the belief that your professional relevance, career success or financial security turns on the next update on the latest technology. Sometimes it's good to put the paddle down and just let the canoe glide.

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