paddle

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paddle

A child uses a wooden paddle to stir the paint in a small bucket.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A short oar: A short, light oar with a broad blade at one or both ends, used to propel a canoe or small boat without a rowlock.
    • An instrument for punishment: A flat board, often with a handle, used for spanking.
    • A blade on a wheel: One of the broad boards or blades fixed around the rim of a paddle wheel or waterwheel.
    • A sports bat: A small, flat wooden bat used for hitting a ball in games like table tennis.

  2. Verb:

    • To propel with a paddle: To move a boat through water using a paddle.
    • To punish by spanking: To hit someone, especially a child, with a flat object as punishment.
    • To walk unsteadily: To walk with short, unsteady steps, like a small child.
    • To play in water: To move hands or feet gently in shallow water; to dabble.
    • To swim like a dog: To swim with a splashing, shallow stroke in a clumsy manner.
Examples of Usage

  • Noun:

    • She dipped the paddle into the calm lake to steer the canoe.
    • The old school had a paddle hanging in the principal's office as a deterrent.
    • The steamboat's large paddle wheel churned the muddy water.

  • Verb:

    • We will paddle across the bay at sunrise.
    • (Rare/dated) The teacher threatened to paddle any student who misbehaved.
    • The toddler paddled across the room to her mother.
    • The children loved to paddle their feet in the cool stream.
Advanced Usage
  • "To paddle one's own canoe": To be independent and self-reliant; to manage one's own affairs without help.
    • After college, he moved out and learned to paddle his own canoe.
Variants and Related Words
  • Paddler (n): A person who paddles a boat.
  • Paddling (n/gerund): The action of propelling a boat with a paddle; an instance of being spanked with a paddle.
Synonyms
  • Noun (oar): Oar, scull.
  • Verb (propel): Row, scull.
  • Verb (dabble): Splash, dabble.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Paddle about/around: To move a boat around casually using a paddle; to dabble or play in water.
    • We spent the afternoon paddling about on the lake.
Related Idioms
  • "Up the creek without a paddle": In a difficult situation with no help or means to proceed.
    • If the car breaks down here, we'll be up the creek without a paddle.
paddle

A child uses a wooden paddle to stir the paint in a small bucket.

Noun
  1. a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat
  2. an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board
  3. a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel
  4. small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games
Verb
  1. stir with a paddle
  2. give a spanking to; subject to a spanking
  3. walk unsteadily
    • small children toddle
  4. swim like a dog in shallow water
  5. play in or as if in water, as of small children
  6. propel with a paddle
    • paddle your own canoe

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