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 Definitions of paddle  [ˈpæd l]  

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Definition of 'paddle' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) paddle
a short, flat-bladed oar for propelling and steering a canoe or small boat, usu. held by both hands and moved through a vertical arc.

2.  paddle
any of various similar implements used for mixing, stirring, or beating.

3.  paddle
a similarly shaped implement used to spank or beat someone.

4.  paddle
a racket with a short handle and a wide, rounded blade, used in table tennis, paddle tennis, etc.

5.  paddle
an implement used for beating garments while washing them in running water, as in a stream.

6.  paddle
a blade of a paddle wheel.

7.  paddle
a flipper or limb of a penguin, turtle, whale, etc.

8.  paddle
an act of paddling.

9. (v.i.) paddle
to propel or travel in a canoe or the like by using a paddle.

10. (v.t.) paddle
to propel with a paddle.

11.  paddle
to spank with or as if with a paddle.

12.  paddle
to stir, mix, or beat with or as if with a paddle.

13.  paddle
to hit (a ball) with a paddle.

14. (v.i.) paddle
to move the feet or hands in water.

Etymology:  (1520–30; orig. uncert.)

Definition of 'paddle' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) paddle
small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games

2. (noun) paddle
a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel

3. (noun) paddle
an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board

4. (verb) paddle, boat paddle
a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat

5. (verb) paddle
propel with a paddle
"paddle your own canoe"

6. (verb) dabble, paddle, splash around
play in or as if in water, as of small children

7. (verb) paddle
swim like a dog in shallow water

8. (verb) toddle, coggle, totter, dodder, paddle, waddle
walk unsteadily
"small children toddle"

9. (verb) spank, paddle, larrup
give a spanking to; subject to a spanking

10. (verb) paddle
stir with a paddle


Definition of 'paddle' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) paddle
a long piece of wood with one or two flat ends, used to move a boat forward
canoe/kayak paddles

2.  paddle
a walk in shallow water

3. (verb) paddle
to move a boat using a paddle
to paddle a canoe/kayak

4.  paddle
to wade in shallow water


Definition of 'paddle' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) paddle
to use the hands or fingers in toying; to make caressing strokes

2. (verb) paddle
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

3. (verb) paddle
to pat or stroke amorously, or gently

4. (verb) paddle
to propel with, or as with, a paddle or paddles

5. (verb) paddle
to pad; to tread upon; to trample

6. (verb) paddle
an implement with a broad blade, which is used without a fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats

7. (verb) paddle
the broad part of a paddle, with which the stroke is made; hence, any short, broad blade, resembling that of a paddle

8. (verb) paddle
one of the broad boards, or floats, at the circumference of a water wheel, or paddle wheel

9. (verb) paddle
a small gate in sluices or lock gates to admit or let off water; -- also called clough

10. (verb) paddle
a paddle-shaped foot, as of the sea turtle

11. (verb) paddle
a paddle-shaped implement for string or mixing

12. (verb) paddle
see Paddle staff (b), below


Translation of 'paddle' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to walk about in shallow water
The children went paddling in the sea.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: plas Arabic flag Arabic: يَخوض الماء Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: плавам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: chapinhar Czech flag Czech: brouzdat se German flag German: planschen
Danish flag Danish: soppe Greek flag Greek: τσαλαβουτώ, πλατσουρίζω Spanish flag Spanish: chapotear, mojarse los pi
Estonian flag Estonian: pladistama Farsi flag Farsi: شلپ شلوپ کردن Finnish flag Finnish: kahlata
French flag French: barboter Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְשַכשֵך רַגלָיִים Hindi flag Hindi: छोटा चप्पू, क्षेपणी
Croatian flag Croatian: gacati po vodi, bućkati n Hungarian flag Hungarian: pancsol Indonesian flag Indonesian: berjalan-jalan dalam air
Icelandic flag Icelandic: busla, skvampa Italian flag Italian: sguazzare Japanese flag Japanese: パチャパチャ歩く
Korean flag Korean: (여울에서) 철벅거리다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: braidžioti, pliuškentis Latvian flag Latvian: bradāt; plunčāties
Malay flag Malay: meranduk Dutch flag Dutch: pootje baden Norwegian flag Norwegian: vasse
Polish flag Polish: brodzić, taplać Persian flag Persian: شلپ شلوپ کردن Pashto flag Pashto: شلپ شلوپ کول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: chapinhar Romanian flag Romanian: a se bălăci Russian flag Russian: шлёпать по воде
Slovak flag Slovak: pľačkať sa, brodiť sa Slovenian flag Slovenian: broditi po vodi Serbian flag Serbian: šetati u plitkoj vodi
Swedish flag Swedish: vada (plaska) omkring Thai flag Thai: ย่ำน้ำตื้น Turkish flag Turkish: sığ suda yürümek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 涉水 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: хлюпатися Urdu flag Urdu: چھچھلے پاني ميں ہاتھ پاؤں
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: lội nước Chinese flag Chinese: 涉水

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