paddle

pad·dle ¹  (pdl)

n.

1. A usually wooden implement having a blade at one end or sometimes at both ends, used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat.

2. Any of various implements resembling the paddle of a boat or canoe, as:

a. An iron tool for stirring molten ore in a furnace.

b. A tool with a shovellike blade used to mix materials in glassmaking.

c. A potter's pallet.

d. A narrow board used to beat clothes when laundering by hand.

e. A flattened board used to administer physical punishment.

f. Sports A light wooden or plastic racket used in playing table tennis, platform tennis, and similar games.

3. A board on a paddle wheel.

4. A flipper or flattened appendage of certain animals.

5. Botany See pad¹.

6. The act of paddling.

v. pad·dled, pad·dling, pad·dles

v.intr.

1. Nautical

a. To propel a watercraft with paddles or a paddle.

b. To row slowly and gently.

2. To move through water by means of repeated short strokes of the limbs.

v.tr.

1. Nautical

a. To propel (a watercraft) with paddles or a paddle.

b. To convey in a watercraft propelled by paddles.

2. To spank or beat with a paddle, especially as a punishment.

3. To stir or shape (material) with a paddle.

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[Middle English padell, tool used to clean plowshares, perhaps from Medieval Latin padela.]

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paddler n.

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pad·dle ²  (pdl)

intr.v. pad·dled, pad·dling, pad·dles

1. To dabble about in shallow water; splash gently with the hands or feet.

2. To move with a waddling motion; toddle.

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[Perhaps of Low German origin.]

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paddle ¹

Noun

1. a short light oar with a flat blade at one or both ends

2. a paddle wheel used to move a boat

3. a blade of a water wheel or paddle wheel

Verb

[-dling, -dled]

1. to move (a boat) with a paddle

2. to swim with short rapid strokes, like a dog

3. US & Canad informal to spank [origin unknown]

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paddle ²

Verb

[-dling, -dled]

1. to walk barefoot in shallow water

2. to dabble (one's fingers, hands, or feet) in water

Noun

the act of paddling in water [origin unknown]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	paddle - small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games bat - a club used for hitting a ball in various games pingpong paddle, table-tennis bat, table-tennis racquet - paddle used to play table tennis
	2.	paddle - a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel vane, blade - flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water mill wheel, millwheel - water wheel that is used to drive machinery in a mill paddle wheel, paddlewheel - a large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine in order to propel a boat
	3.	paddle - an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board instrument of punishment - an instrument designed and used to punish a condemned person
	4.	paddle - a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat boat paddle oar - an implement used to propel or steer a boat
Verb	1.	paddle - propel with a paddle; "paddle your own canoe" athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition feather, square - turn the paddle; in canoeing boat - ride in a boat on water
	2.	paddle - play in or as if in water, as of small children splash around, dabble play - be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children; "The kids were playing outside all day"; "I used to play with trucks as a little girl"
	3.	paddle - swim like a dog in shallow water aquatics, water sport - sports that involve bodies of water swim - travel through water; "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank"
	4.	paddle - walk unsteadily; "small children toddle" coggle, dodder, toddle, waddle, totter walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"
	5.	paddle - give a spanking to; subject to a spanking larrup, spank beat up, work over, beat - give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"
	6.	paddle - stir with a paddle                   stir - move an implement through; "stir the soup"; "stir my drink"; "stir the soil"

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paddle ¹

noun 1. oar, sweep, scull

verb 2. row, pull, scull

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paddle ²

verb wade, splash (about), slop, plash

Translations

paddle [ˈpædl] n (= oar) → canalete m; pala;

(US) (for table tennis) → pala

vt → remar

vi (with feet) → chapotear

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paddle [ˈpædl] n (= oar) → pagaie f;

(US) (for table tennis) → raquette f de ping-pong

vi (with feet) → barboter, faire trempette

vt to paddle a canoe etc → pagayer

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paddle [ˈpædl] n (oar) → Paddel nt;

(US) (for table tennis) → Schläger m

vt → paddeln

vi (at seaside) → plan(t)schen

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paddle [ˈpædl] n (= oar) → pagaia

vi → sguazzare

vt [+ boat] → fare andare a colpi di pagaia

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paddle¹

v paddle [ˈpӕdl]

to walk about in shallow water The children went paddling in the sea. plas يَخوض الماء плавам brouzdat se soppe planschen τσαλαβουτώ, πλατσουρίζω chapotear, mojarse los pies pladistama شلپ شلوپ کردن kahlata barboter לְשַכשֵך רַגלָיִים छोटा चप्पू, क्षेपणी gacati po vodi, bućkati nogama pancsol berjalan-jalan dalam air busla, skvampa sguazzare パチャパチャ歩く (여울에서) 철벅거리다 braidžioti, pliuškentis bradāt; plunčāties meranduk pootje baden vasse brodzić, taplać chapinhar a se bălăci шлёпать по воде pľačkať sa, brodiť sa broditi po vodi šetati u plitkoj vodi vada (plaska) omkring ย่ำน้ำตื้น sığ suda yürümek 涉水 хлюпатися چھچھلے پاني ميں ہاتھ پاؤں مارنا lội nước 涉水