paddle
IPA: pˈædʌɫ
noun
- A two-handed implement consisting of a shaft with one or two blades attached to the end(s) used to propel a canoe, kayak or a small boat. A paddle is unattached to the boat and freely operated with the hands, compared with an oar which is attached to the boat at a pivot point.
- A single-bladed version is typically used on canoes and some other small boats.
- A double-bladed version with blades at each end of the shaft is used for kayaking.
- The use of a paddle to propel a boat; a session of paddling.
- A slat of a paddleboat's wheel.
- A paddlewheel.
- A blade of a waterwheel.
- (video games, dated) A game controller with a round wheel used to control player movement along one axis of the video screen.
- (Britain) A meandering walk or dabble through shallow water, especially at the seaside.
- A kitchen utensil shaped like a paddle and used for mixing, beating etc.
- A broad, flat spanking implement.
- (table tennis) A broad, flat device used in striking the ball, analogous to a racket in tennis.
- A flat board with a number of holes or indentations, used to carry small alcoholic drinks such as shots.
- A flat limb of an aquatic animal, adapted for swimming.
- In a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water.
- A handheld electrode used for defibrillation or cardioversion.
- (slang) A person's hand.
- (medicine) A flap of attached skin that has been cut away from a wound.
- (sports, uncountable) Alternative form of padel [A racquet sport popular in Spain and Latin America, usually played in doubles on a small, closed court.]
verb
- (transitive) To propel something through water with a paddle, oar, hands, etc.
- (intransitive) To row a boat with less than one's full capacity.
- (transitive) To spank with a paddle.
- To pat or stroke amorously or gently.
- To tread upon; to trample.
- (intransitive, Britain) To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside.
- (intransitive) To dog paddle in water.
- (intransitive) To toddle.
- (archaic, intransitive) To toy or caress using hands or fingers.
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Examples of "paddle" in Sentences
- There was a set of paddle and a raft.
- He was known to paddle recalcitrant boys.
- This rotates the pinion and lifts the paddle.
- The stroke hit about the paddle of the Comet.
- The exact origins of the paddle and roll is not certain.
- The unflexed segments increase the length of the paddle.
- They find the canoe missing, but the paddle afloat in the water.
- The player controls a paddle, situated at the bottom of the screen.
- The person at the rear is responsible for the steering with their paddle.
- A mechanism moved the manure to the rear where it was distributed by paddles.