Definitions for paddle
ˈpæd lpad·dle

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. paddlenoun

   small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games

2. paddlenoun

   a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel

3. paddlenoun

   an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board

4. paddle, boat paddleverb

   a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat

5. paddleverb

   propel with a paddle

   "paddle your own canoe"

6. dabble, paddle, splash aroundverb

   play in or as if in water, as of small children

7. paddleverb

   swim like a dog in shallow water

8. toddle, coggle, totter, dodder, paddle, waddleverb

   walk unsteadily

   "small children toddle"

9. spank, paddle, larrupverb

   give a spanking to; subject to a spanking

10. paddleverb

    stir with a paddle

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Paddleverb

   To spank with a paddle or as if with a paddle; -- usually as a disciplinary punishment of children.

2. Paddleverb

   To mix (a viscous liquid) by stirring or beating with a paddle.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Paddlenoun

   Etymology: pattal, Welsh.

   1. An oar, particularly that which is used by a single rower in a boat.2. Any thing broad like the end of an oar.

   Have a paddle upon thy weapon. Deut. xxiii. 13.

2. To Paddleverb

   Etymology: patouiller, Fr.

   1. To row; to beat water as with oars.

   As the men were paddling for their lives. Roger L'Estrange.

   Paddling ducks the standing lake desire. John Gay.

   2. To play in the water.

   The brain has a very unpromising aspect for thinking: it looks like an odd sort of bog for fancy to paddle in. Collier.

   A wolf lapping at the head of a fountain, spyed a lamb paddling a good way off. Roger L'Estrange.

   3. To finger.

   Paddling palms, and pinching fingers,
   And making practis’d smiles,
   As in a looking-glass. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Paddle

   A paddle is a handheld tool with an elongated handle and a flat, widened distal end (i.e. the blade), used as a lever to apply force onto the bladed end. It most commonly describes a completely handheld tool used to propel a human-powered watercraft by pushing water in a direction opposite to the direction of travel (i.e. paddling). It is different to an oar (which is similar in shape and performs the same function via rowing) in that the latter is attached to the watercraft via a fulcrum.

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1. paddle

   A paddle is a tool, often long and flat, used typically in pairs, for propelling small, water-based vehicles like canoes, rafts, or rowboats. It usually has a shaft with a handle at one end and a broad, flat blade at the other, which is dipped into the water and pulled back, driving the boat forward or controlling its direction. It can also refer to various implements or devices that resemble such an instrument in shape or use.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Paddleverb

   to use the hands or fingers in toying; to make caressing strokes

2. Paddleverb

   to dabble in water with hands or feet; to use a paddle, or something which serves as a paddle, in swimming, in paddling a boat, etc

3. Paddleverb

   to pat or stroke amorously, or gently

4. Paddleverb

   to propel with, or as with, a paddle or paddles

5. Paddleverb

   to pad; to tread upon; to trample

6. Paddleverb

   an implement with a broad blade, which is used without a fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats

7. Paddleverb

   the broad part of a paddle, with which the stroke is made; hence, any short, broad blade, resembling that of a paddle

8. Paddleverb

   one of the broad boards, or floats, at the circumference of a water wheel, or paddle wheel

9. Paddleverb

   a small gate in sluices or lock gates to admit or let off water; -- also called clough

10. Paddleverb

    a paddle-shaped foot, as of the sea turtle

11. Paddleverb

    a paddle-shaped implement for string or mixing

12. Paddleverb

    see Paddle staff (b), below

13. Etymology: [See Paddle, v. i.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Paddle

   A paddle is a tool used for pushing against liquids, either as a form of propulsion in a boat or as an implement for mixing.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Paddle

   pad′l, v.i. to dabble in water with the hands or the feet: to touch or toy with the fingers: to beat the water as with the feet: to row: to move in the water as a duck does: (slang) to make off.—v.t. to move by means of an oar or paddle: to finger, toy with.—n. a short, broad, spoon-shaped oar, used for moving canoes: the blade of an oar: one of the boards at the circumference of a paddle-wheel.—ns. Padd′le-beam, one of the large timbers at the side of a paddle-wheel; Padd′le-board, one of the floats on the circumference of a paddle-wheel; Padd′le-box, a wooden box covering the upper part of the paddle-wheel of a steamer; Padd′ler, one who paddles; Padd′le-shaft, the axle on which the paddle-wheels of a steamer turn; Padd′le-wheel, the wheel of a steam-vessel, which by turning in the water causes it to move forward; Padd′le-wood, the light, strong wood of a Guiana tree of the dogbane family. [For pattle, freq. of pat.]

2. Paddle

   pad′l, n. (B.) a little spade.—n. Padd′le-staff, a spade for clearing a ploughshare. [Prob. from spaddle; cf. Spade.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. paddle

   A kind of oar, used by the natives of India, Africa, America, and by most savages; it is shorter and broader in the blade than the common oar.--To paddle, is to propel a boat more purely by hand, that is, without a fulcrum or rowlock.

Rap DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. paddlenoun

   Gun. "Say why ya creep without a muthaphuckin paddle" -- Lady or Rage (Lyrical Gangbang).

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. paddle

   To walk through water.

   The children love to paddle in the paddling pool.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 11, 2020  

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Paddle

   the flattened joints of posterior tarsi in aquatic Hemiptera.

Matched Categories

1. • Aquatics
   • Bat
   • Blade
   • Boat
   • Instrument Of Punishment
   • Play
   • Sport
   • Stir
   • Swim
   • Walk

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How to pronounce paddle?

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How to say paddle in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of paddle in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of paddle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of paddle in a Sentence

1. Michael Goforth:

   It can be a really passive, intuitive thing. That's kind of what your goal is, is to let the water do all the work, and you use your paddle to assist when it's not perfect.

2. Dianne Marie Teresa Cole:

   You don’t smack the water with your paddle if you wish to catch fish.

3. Cruise Passenger Lynch:

   I'm especially excited about the new Loire cruises because it's a river which has yet to be explored, paddle ships will allow this to be done for the first time in 2015.

4. Michael Goforth:

   I don't know how to describe it. It's so beautiful, it can be a really passive, intuitive thing. That's kind of what your goal is, is to let the water do all the work, and you use your paddle to assist when it's not perfect.

5. Melissa Romero:

   When I first started I couldn't paddle more than five minutes at a time. Now I can probably do an hour continuous.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=paddle
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=paddle
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=paddle
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddle
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paddle
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=paddle
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=paddle
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=paddle
10. ^ Entomology
    https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=paddle
11. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=paddle