paddle
noun
1. small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games
Definition categories: man–made, bat
2. a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel
Definition categories: man–made, blade, vane
3. an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board
Definition categories: man–made
4. a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat
Definition categories: man–made, oar
Sentences with paddle as a noun:
- We had a nice paddle this morning.
- The paddle practically ousted the British cane as the spanker's attribute in the independent US
- A sea turtle's paddles make it swim almost as fast as land tortoises are slow
verb
1. propel with a paddle
- paddle your own canoe
Definition categories: motion, boat
2. play in or as if in water, as of small children
Similar word(s): dabble
Definition categories: social, play
3. swim like a dog in shallow water
Definition categories: motion, swim
4. walk unsteadily
Similar word(s): coggle, dodder, toddle, totter, waddle
Definition categories: motion, walk
5. give a spanking to; subject to a spanking
Similar word(s): larrup, spank
Definition categories: contact, beat
6. stir with a paddle