Definition of Paddle

Noun

• a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat
  - boat paddle
• an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board
  
• a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel
  
• small wooden bat with a flat surface
  used for hitting balls in various games
  

Verb

• stir with a paddle
  
• give a spanking to
  subject to a spanking
  spank larrup
• walk unsteadily
  "small children toddle"
  toddle coggle totter dodder waddle
• swim like a dog in shallow water
  
• play in or as if in water, as of small children
  dabble - splash around
• propel with a paddle
  "paddle your own canoe"
  

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