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Wiktionary

  1. paddlingnoun

    A collective noun for ducks when they are on water.

  2. paddlingverb

    (all senses)

Wikipedia

  1. Paddling

    Paddling with regard to watercraft is the act of manually propelling a boat using a paddle. The paddle, which consists of one or two blades joined to a shaft, is also used to steer the vessel. The paddle is not connected to the boat (unlike in rowing where the oar is connected to the boat).

Webster Dictionary

  1. Paddling

    of Paddle

Editors Contribution

  1. paddlingverb

    Verb form of the word paddle.

    The paddling pool was really enjoyed by all the children.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 5, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Paddling in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Paddling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Paddling in a Sentence

  1. Louisiana GOP Sen. John Kennedy:

    I have enough trouble paddling my own canoe. But I do agree with Mrs. Trump that -- and I have suggested before to the White House -- that if the President would tweet a little bit less, it wouldn't cause brain damage.

  2. Mark E. Sackett:

    The Key is to be like a Duck, Smooth and unruffled on the surface but paddling furiously underneath!

  3. Brent Probinsky:

    The paddling was illegal and a criminal battery, what message are we sending to other teachers who now believe they will suffer no criminal consequences if they paddle our elementary school children, some severely, even for the smallest of infractions ?

  4. Fedor Baart:

    We didn't know exactly when the inmates launched their boats, or their precise starting point, and so we decided to release 50 'boats' every 30 minutes between 20:00 and 04:00 (11 p.m. and 4 a.m.) from a range of possible escape spots at Alcatraz to see where they would end up, we added a paddling effect to the 'boats,' as we assumed the prisoners would paddle as they got closer to land.

  5. Jessica Fox:

    It is like a bath, it is like paddling in bathwater.

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