Definition of paddle Paddle
/pĂŚËdĘl/ - [patdul] - padâ˘dle
We found 47 definitions of paddle from 9 different sources.
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What does paddle mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: paddles |
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| paddle - a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel | ||
| vane, blade the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft | ||
| mill wheel, millwheel water wheel that is used to drive machinery in a mill | ||
| paddle wheel, paddlewheel a large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine in order to propel a boat | ||
| paddle - a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat | ||
| boat paddle | ||
| oar an implement used to propel or steer a boat | ||
| paddle - an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board | ||
| instrument of punishment an instrument designed and used to punish a condemned person | ||
| paddle - small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games | ||
| bat (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit; "he was at bat when it happened"; "he got four hits in four at-bats" | ||
Verb |
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| paddle - propel with a paddle; "paddle your own canoe" | ||
| boat ride in a boat on water | ||
| athletics, sport participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity | ||
| feather, square turn the oar, while rowing | ||
| paddle - stir with a paddle | ||
| stir mix or add by stirring; "Stir nuts into the dough" | ||
| paddle - swim like a dog in shallow water | ||
| swim move as if gliding through water; "this snake swims through the soil where it lives" | ||
| aquatics, water sport sports that involve bodies of water | ||
| paddle - walk unsteadily; "small children toddle" | ||
| toddle, coggle, totter, dodder, waddle | ||
| walk obtain a base on balls | ||
| paddle - give a spanking to; subject to a spanking | ||
| spank, larrup | ||
| work over, beat up, beat gather; "drum up support" | ||
| paddle - play in or as if in water, as of small children | ||
| dabble, splash around | ||
| play engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- paddle (Noun)
A two-handed, single-bladed oar used to propel a canoe or a small boat. - paddle (Noun)
A double-bladed oar used for kayaking. - paddle (Noun)
Time spent on paddling. - paddle (Noun)
A slat of a paddleboat's wheel. - paddle (Noun)
A paddlewheel. - paddle (Noun)
A blade of a waterwheel. - paddle (Noun)
A game controller with a round wheel used to control player movement along one axis of the video screen. - paddle (Noun)
A meandering walk or dabble through shallow water, especially at the seaside. - paddle (Noun)
A kitchen utensil shaped like a paddle and used for mixing, beating etc. - paddle (Noun)
A bat-shaped spanking implement. - paddle (Noun)
A ping-pong bat. - paddle (Noun)
A flat limb of an aquatic animal, adapted for swimming. - paddle (Noun)
In a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water. - paddle (Noun)
A group of inerts. - paddle (Verb)
To propel something through water with a paddle, oar or hands. - paddle (Verb)
To row a boat with less than one's full capacity. - paddle (Verb)
To spank with a paddle. - paddle (Verb)
To toddle.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary đ
- paddle (v. i.)
To use the hands or fingers in toying; to make caressing strokes. - paddle (v. i.)
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. - paddle (v. t.)
To pat or stroke amorously, or gently. - paddle (v. t.)
To propel with, or as with, a paddle or paddles. - paddle (v. t.)
To pad; to tread upon; to trample. - paddle (v. i.)
An implement with a broad blade, which is used without a fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats. - paddle (v. i.)
The broad part of a paddle, with which the stroke is made; hence, any short, broad blade, resembling that of a paddle. - paddle (v. i.)
One of the broad boards, or floats, at the circumference of a water wheel, or paddle wheel. - paddle (v. i.)
A small gate in sluices or lock gates to admit or let off water; -- also called clough. - paddle (v. i.)
A paddle-shaped foot, as of the sea turtle. - paddle (v. i.)
A paddle-shaped implement for string or mixing. - paddle (v. i.)
See Paddle staff (b), below.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ί
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paddle
A tool used for pushing against liquid, generally for the propulsion of a boat.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary đ
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paddle
padâ˛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.âv.t. to move by means of an oar or paddle: to finger, toy with.ân. 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.âns. Paddâ˛le-beam, one of the large timbers at the side of a paddle-wheel; Paddâ˛le-board, one of the floats on the circumference of a paddle-wheel; Paddâ˛le-box, a wooden box covering the upper part of the paddle-wheel of a steamer; Paddâ˛ler, one who paddles; Paddâ˛le-shaft, the axle on which the paddle-wheels of a steamer turn; Paddâ˛le-wheel, the wheel of a steam-vessel, which by turning in the water causes it to move forward; Paddâ˛le-wood, the light, strong wood of a Guiana tree of the dogbane family. [For pattle, freq. of pat.] -
paddle
padâ˛l, n. (B.) a little spade.ân. Paddâ˛le-staff, a spade for clearing a ploughshare. [Prob. from spaddle; cf. Spade.]
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine âď¸
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paddle
pagaie, (pattal, Welsh) a sort of oar used by the savages of Africa and America to navigate their canoes. It is much shorter and broader in the blade than the oars of a boat, and is equally employed in rowing and steering. See the article CANOE.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book âľ
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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.
Wikipedia 
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A paddle is a tool used for pushing against liquids, either as a form of propulsion in a boat or for mixing liquids.
Materials and designs.
Paddles commonly used in canoes consist of a wooden, fibreglass or metal rod (the "shaft") with a handle on one end and a rigid sheet (the "blade") on the other end. Paddles for use in kayaks are longer, with a blade on each end, and usually no handles.
