Lexic.us

Definition of Paddle

1. Verb. Propel with a paddle. "Paddle your own canoe"

2. Noun. Small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games.

3. Verb. Play in or as if in water, as of small children.

4. Noun. A blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel.

5. Verb. Swim like a dog in shallow water.

6. Noun. An instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board.

7. Verb. Walk unsteadily. "The children paddle to the playground"; "Small children toddle"

8. Noun. A short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat.

9. Verb. Give a spanking to; subject to a spanking. "They want to paddle the prisoners "

10. Verb. Stir with a paddle.

Definition of Paddle

1. v. i. To use the hands or fingers in toying; to make caressing strokes.

2. v. t. To pat or stroke amorously, or gently.

3. n. An implement with a broad blade, which is used without a fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats.

Definition of Paddle

1. Noun. A two-handed, single-bladed oar used to propel a canoe or a small boat. ¹

2. Noun. A double-bladed oar used for kayaking. ¹

3. Noun. Time spent on paddling. ¹

4. Noun. A slat of a paddleboat's wheel. ¹

5. Noun. A paddlewheel. ¹

6. Noun. A blade of a waterwheel. ¹

7. Noun. (video games dated) A game controller with a round wheel used to control player movement along one axis of the video screen. ¹

8. Noun. (British) A meandering walk or dabble through shallow water, especially at the seaside. ¹

9. Noun. A kitchen utensil shaped like a '''paddle''' and used for mixing, beating etc. ¹

10. Noun. A bat-shaped spanking implement ¹

11. Noun. A ping-pong bat. ¹

12. Noun. A flat limb of an aquatic animal, adapted for swimming. ¹

13. Noun. In a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water. ¹

14. Noun. A group of inerts ¹

15. Verb. (transitive) To propel something through water with a '''paddle''', oar or hands. ¹

16. Verb. (intransitive) To row a boat with less than one's full capacity. ¹

17. Verb. (transitive) To spank with a paddle. ¹

18. Verb. (intransitive) (British) To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside. ¹

19. Verb. To toddle ¹

20. Verb. (archaic) (intransitive) To toy or caress using hands or fingers ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Paddle

1. to propel with a broad-bladed implement [v -DLED, -DLING, -DLES]

Medical Definition of Paddle

1. 1. An implement with a broad blade, which is used without a fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats. 2. The broad part of a paddle, with which the stroke is made; hence, any short, broad blade, resembling that of a paddle. "Thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon." (Deut. Xxiii. 13) 3. One of the broad boards, or floats, at the circumference of a water wheel, or paddle wheel. 4. A small gate in sluices or lock gates to admit or let off water; also called clough. 5. A paddle-shaped foot, as of the sea turtle. 6. A paddle-shaped implement for string or mixing. 7. [In this sense prob. For older spaddle, a dim. Of spade] See Paddle staff (b), below. Paddle beam, one of two large timbers supporting the spring beam and paddle box of a steam vessel. Paddle board. See Paddle. Paddle box, the structure inclosing the upper part of the paddle wheel of a steam vessel. Paddle shaft, the revolving shaft which carries the paddle wheel of a steam vessel. Paddle staff. A staff tipped with a broad blade, used by mole catchers. A long-handled spade used to clean a plowshare; called also plow staff. Paddle steamer, a steam vessel propelled by paddle wheels, in distinction from a screw propeller. Paddle wheel, the propelling wheel of a steam vessel, having paddles (or floats) on its circumference, and revolving in a vertical plane parallel to the vessel's length. See: Paddle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paddle

padang padangs padauk padauks padawan padawans paddability padded padder padders

paddies padding paddings paddlane paddlanes paddle (current term) paddle-box paddle-wheeler paddle board paddle box

paddle shifter paddle shifters paddle steamer paddle wheel paddleball paddleboard paddleboarder paddleboarders paddleboards

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