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Paddle   /pˈædəl/   Listen
Paddle

noun
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.
An instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board.
4.
A short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat.  Synonym: boat paddle.
verb
(past & past part. paddled; pres. part. paddling)
1.
Propel with a paddle.
2.
Play in or as if in water, as of small children.  Synonyms: dabble, splash around.
3.
Swim like a dog in shallow water.
4.
Walk unsteadily.  Synonyms: coggle, dodder, toddle, totter, waddle.
5.
Give a spanking to; subject to a spanking.  Synonyms: larrup, spank.
6.
Stir with a paddle.



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"Paddle" Quotes from Famous Books



... of butter or butter substitute add one cup peanut butter. Blend thoroughly with wooden spoon or butter paddle; this may be used in place of butter as a new ...
— Foods That Will Win The War And How To Cook Them (1918) • C. Houston Goudiss and Alberta M. Goudiss

... talent. But I think I have already been moving too long in a sphere which is not my own. Flying fishes can hold out for a time in the air, but soon they must splash back into the water; allow me, too, to paddle in my ...
— The World's Greatest Books, Vol VIII • Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.

... condensing establishment: this office is a sinecure, except during the three months of pilgrim-passage. The machine can distil eighteen tons per diem; and there is another water-magazine, an old paddle-wheeler moored to the beach under the town. Behind the establishment lies the pilgrim-cemetery. frequented by hyenas that prowl around the lighthouse, threatening the canine guard. I found a new use for this ...
— The Land of Midian, Vol. 2 • Richard Burton

... the Starter gives the word to go, the men paddle till the cord which the coxswain holds at arm's length is tight, and every man has his oar ready for the dash into the water and away. To lose time at the start is to find that a chance has ...
— Broken Bread - from an Evangelist's Wallet • Thomas Champness

... the exiles good-by, the party in the boat moved from the shore—at first by paddle-power; but on reaching the outlet of Volcano Bay the sails of their boat were spread for the run across the ...
— A Strange Discovery • Charles Romyn Dake


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