paddle

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Paddle
Sunrise paddling

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Old English padell (1407, "small spade"), from Medieval Latin padela, perhaps from Latin patella "pan, plate", the diminutive of patina

Noun [edit]

paddle (plural paddles)

  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. (video games, dated) A game controller with a round wheel used to control player movement along one axis of the video screen.
  8. (UK) 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 as the spanker's attribute in the independent US
  11. A ping-pong bat.
  12. 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
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
two-handed, single-bladed oar
double-bladed oar used for kayaking
time spent on paddling
slat of a paddleboat's wheel
paddlewheel
blade of a waterwheel
meandering walk or dabble through shallow water
kitchen utensil
bat-shaped spanking implement
ping-pong bat
flat limb of turtle etc.
in a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water
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Verb [edit]

paddle (third-person singular simple present paddles, present participle paddling, simple past and past participle paddled)

  1. (transitive) To propel something through water with a paddle, oar or hands.
  2. (intransitive) To row a boat with less than one's full capacity.
  3. (transitive) To spank with a paddle.
Translations [edit]
to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument
to row a boat with less than one's full capacity
to spank with a paddle

Etymology 2 [edit]

Recorded since 1530, probably cognate with Low German paddeln "to tramp about," frequent. of padjen "to tramp, to run in short steps," from pad (also in Dutch dialects)

Verb [edit]

paddle (third-person singular simple present paddles, present participle paddling, simple past and past participle paddled)

  1. (intransitive) (UK) To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside.
  2. To toddle
  3. (archaic) (intransitive) To toy or caress using hands or fingers
Translations [edit]
to walk or dabble playfully in shallow water
toddle — see toddle

German [edit]

Verb [edit]

paddle

  1. First-person singular present of paddeln.
  2. First-person singular subjunctive I of paddeln.
  3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of paddeln.
  4. Imperative singular of paddeln.
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