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paddling

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pad·dling  (pdlng, pdl-ng)
n.
1. The act of moving a boat by means of a paddle.
2. A spanking or beating with a paddle.
Paddling of ducks: a company of ducks on water—Lipton, 1970.
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I think that they must have been commencing to have some doubts--those wild, naked, red warriors--for when the first man fell in the second boat, the others stopped paddling and commenced to jabber among themselves.
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Without an instant's hesitation he turned up the grim river, paddling hard against the strong current.
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Then my fears got the better of me again, and I resumed my paddling.
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