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paddle wheel

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paddle wheel
n.
A wheel with boards or paddles affixed around its circumference, usually driven by steam to propel a ship.
paddle-wheel (pdl-hwl, -wl) adj.
paddle wheel
n
(Transport / Nautical Terms) a large wheel fitted with paddles, turned by an engine to propel a vessel on the water
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Noun1.paddle wheelpaddle wheel - a large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine in order to propel a boat
paddlewheel
paddle - a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel
paddle box, paddle-box - a wooden covering for the upper part of a paddlewheel
wheel - a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)


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He panted up the terrace only to disappear to the head in a wave of monkeys, but he threw himself squarely on his haunches, and, spreading out his forepaws, hugged as many as he could hold, and then began to hit with a regular bat-bat-bat, like the flipping strokes of a paddle wheel.
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