Definitions for paddleˈpæd l
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
pad•dleˈpæd l(n.; v.)-dled, -dling.
(n.)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.
Category: Nautical, Navy
any of various similar implements used for mixing, stirring, or beating.
a similarly shaped implement used to spank or beat someone.
a racket with a short handle and a wide, rounded blade, used in table tennis, paddle tennis, etc.
an implement used for beating garments while washing them in running water, as in a stream.
a blade of a paddle wheel.
Category: Nautical, Navy
Category: Nautical, Navy
Ref: paddle wheel.
a flipper or limb of a penguin, turtle, whale, etc.
Category: Zoology
an act of paddling.
(v.i.)to propel or travel in a canoe or the like by using a paddle.
Category: Nautical, Navy
(v.t.)to propel with a paddle.
Category: Nautical, Navy
to spank with or as if with a paddle.
to stir, mix, or beat with or as if with a paddle.
to hit (a ball) with a paddle.
Origin of paddle:
1400–50; late ME padell implement for cleaning a plowshare, of uncert. origin
pad′dler(n.)
pad•dleˈpæd l(v.i.)-dled, -dling.
to move the feet or hands in water.
Origin of paddle:
1520–30; orig. uncert.
pad′dler(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
paddle(noun)
small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games
paddle(noun)
a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel
paddle(noun)
an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board
paddle, boat paddle(verb)
a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat
paddle(verb)
propel with a paddle
"paddle your own canoe"
dabble, paddle, splash around(verb)
play in or as if in water, as of small children
paddle(verb)
swim like a dog in shallow water
toddle, coggle, totter, dodder, paddle, waddle(verb)
walk unsteadily
"small children toddle"
spank, paddle, larrup(verb)
give a spanking to; subject to a spanking
paddle(verb)
stir with a paddle
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
paddle(noun)ˈpæd l
a long piece of wood with one or two flat ends, used to move a boat forward
canoe/kayak paddles
paddleˈpæd l
a walk in shallow water
paddle(verb)ˈpæd l
to move a boat using a paddle
to paddle a canoe/kayak
paddleˈpæd l
to wade in shallow water
Webster Dictionary
Paddle(verb)
to use the hands or fingers in toying; to make caressing strokes
Paddle(verb)
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
Paddle(verb)
to pat or stroke amorously, or gently
Paddle(verb)
to propel with, or as with, a paddle or paddles
Paddle(verb)
to pad; to tread upon; to trample
Paddle(verb)
an implement with a broad blade, which is used without a fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats
Paddle(verb)
the broad part of a paddle, with which the stroke is made; hence, any short, broad blade, resembling that of a paddle
Paddle(verb)
one of the broad boards, or floats, at the circumference of a water wheel, or paddle wheel
Paddle(verb)
a small gate in sluices or lock gates to admit or let off water; -- also called clough
Paddle(verb)
a paddle-shaped foot, as of the sea turtle
Paddle(verb)
a paddle-shaped implement for string or mixing
Paddle(verb)
see Paddle staff (b), below
Translations for paddle
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
paddle(noun)
a short, light oar, often with a blade at each end of the shaft, used in canoes etc.
- spaanAfrikaans
- مِجْذافArabic
- греблоBulgarian
- remoPortuguese (BR)
- pádloCzech
- das PaddelGerman
- pagajDanish
- κουπί του κανόGreek
- canalete, pala, remoSpanish
- mõlaEstonian
- پاروی کوتاهFarsi
- melaFinnish
- pagaieFrench
- מָשוֹטHebrew
- छोटा चप्पूHindi
- kratko vesloCroatian
- (kajak)evezőHungarian
- dayungIndonesian
- róðraspaði, kajakárIcelandic
- pagaiaItalian
- かいの一種Japanese
- (카누용 등의 짧은)노Korean
- trumpas irklasLithuanian
- smailītes airis (divlāpstiņu)Latvian
- dayungMalay
- paddelDutch
- padleåre; skovlNorwegian
- (rodzaj wiosła)Polish
- پاروی کوتاهPersian
- پارووهونكى، چپه كښPashto
- remoPortuguese
- vâslăRomanian
- байдарочное веслоRussian
- pádloSlovak
- vesloSlovenian
- kratko vesloSerbian
- paddelSwedish
- ไม้พายThai
- kısa kürekTurkish
- 槳Chinese (Trad.)
- байдаркове весло; весло для каноеUkrainian
- پيڈل، چپوUrdu
- mái chèoVietnamese
- 桨Chinese (Simp.)
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