'Paddle' definitions:

Definition of 'paddle'

(from WordNet)
noun
Small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games
noun
A blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel
noun
An instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board
noun
A short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat [syn: paddle, boat paddle]
verb
Propel with a paddle; "paddle your own canoe"
verb
Play in or as if in water, as of small children [syn: dabble, paddle, splash around]
verb
Swim like a dog in shallow water
verb
Walk unsteadily; "small children toddle" [syn: toddle, coggle, totter, dodder, paddle, waddle]
verb
Give a spanking to; subject to a spanking [syn: spank, paddle, larrup]
verb
Stir with a paddle

Definition of 'Paddle'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [root]21.]
  • 1. To use the hands or fingers in toying; to make caressing strokes. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • As the men were paddling for their lives. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
  • While paddling ducks the standing lake desire. --Gay. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Paddle'

From: GCIDE
  • Paddle \Pad"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Paddling]
  • 1. To pat or stroke amorously, or gently. [Obsolescent] [1913 Webster]
  • To be paddling palms and pinching fingers. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To propel with, or as with, a paddle or paddles. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To pad; to tread upon; to trample. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To spank with a paddle or as if with a paddle; -- usually as a disciplinary punishment of children. [PJC]
  • 5. To mix (a viscous liquid) by stirring or beating with a paddle. [PJC]

Definition of 'Paddle'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The broad part of a paddle, with which the stroke is made; hence, any short, broad blade, resembling that of a paddle, such as that used in table tennis. [1913 Webster]
  • Thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon. --Deut. xxiii. 13. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. One of the broad boards, or floats, at the circumference of a water wheel, or paddle wheel. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A small gate in sluices or lock gates to admit or let off water; -- also called clough. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Zool.) A paddle-shaped foot, as of the sea turtle. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. A paddle-shaped implement for stirring or mixing. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. [In this sense prob. for older spaddle, a dim. of spade.] See Paddle staff (b), below. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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 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. [1913 Webster] paddlebox

Synonyms of 'paddle'

From: Moby Thesaurus

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