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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.
Without an instant's hesitation he turned up the grim river, paddling hard against the strong current.
Then my fears got the better of me again, and I resumed my paddling.
 
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