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Paddling

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Paddling"

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Word	Definition
spankverb	(transitive) To beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object, as punishment, or for sexual gratification.
dabbleverb	(intransitive, figuratively) To participate or have an interest in an activity in a casual or superficial way.
larrupnoun	(transitive) To beat or thrash.
waddlenoun	(intransitive) To walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side.
toddleverb	To walk unsteadily, as a small child does.
totterverb	To walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall.
cogglenoun	To move or walk unsteadily
doddernoun	(intransitive) To shake or tremble as one moves, especially as of old age or childhood; to totter.
splash aroundverb	(intransitive) To spend money or give money to friends and associates freely; to spend money in a showy way or on something high-profile.
canoeingnoun	A water sport involving travelling or racing in canoes or kayaks.
kayakingnoun	A water sport involving racing, or doing tricks in, a kayak.
canoenoun	(nautical) A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends.
boatingnoun	The activity of going out onto a body of water in a boat.
rowboatnoun	(US) A small open boat propelled by oars (by rowing).
raftnoun	A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform.
lifeboatnoun	(nautical) A boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people or people in distress at sea (either launched from the shore with a crew, or else carried on board a larger ship).
skiffnoun	A small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern.
motorboatnoun	(nautical) Any vessel driven by an engine (either inboard or outboard), but especially a small one.
dinghynoun	(nautical) A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.
boatnoun	A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind.