paddle
noun
- 1
A two-handed, single-bladed oar used to propel a canoe or a small boat.
- 2
A double-bladed oar used for kayaking.
- 3
Time spent on paddling.
“We had a nice paddle this morning.”
- 4
A slat of a paddleboat's wheel.
- 5
A paddlewheel.
- 6
A blade of a waterwheel.
- 7
A game controller with a round wheel used to control player movement along one axis of the video screen.
- 8
A meandering walk or dabble through shallow water, especially at the seaside.
- 9
A kitchen utensil shaped like a paddle and used for mixing, beating etc.
- 10
A bat-shaped spanking implement
“The paddle practically ousted the British cane for spankings in the independent US.”
- 11
A ping-pong bat.
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A flat limb of an aquatic animal, adapted for swimming.
“A sea turtle's paddles make it swim almost as fast as land tortoises are slow.”
- 13
In a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water.
- 14
A group of inerts
- 15
A handheld defibrillation/cardioversion electrode
- 16
Hand
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Padel (sport)
verb
- 1
To propel something through water with a paddle, oar, hands, etc.
- 2
To row a boat with less than one's full capacity.
- 3
To spank with a paddle.
- 4
To pat or stroke amorously or gently.
- 5
To tread upon; to trample.
verb
- 1
To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside.
- 2
To toddle.
- 3
To toy or caress using hands or fingers.
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