Paddle

Noun

 * 1) A two-handed, single-bladed oar used to propel a canoe or a small boat.
 * 2) A double-bladed oar used for kayaking.
 * 3) Time spent on paddling.
 * We had a nice paddle this morning.
 * 1) A slat of a paddleboat's wheel.
 * 2) A paddlewheel.
 * 3) A blade of a waterwheel.
 * 4)  A meandering walk or dabble through shallow water, especially at the seaside.
 * 5) A kitchen utensil shaped like a paddle and used for mixing, beating etc.
 * 6) A bat-shaped spanking implement
 * ''The paddle practically ousted the British cane as the spanker's attribute in the independent US
 * 1) A ping-pong bat.
 * 2) A flat limb of an aquatic animal, adapted for swimming.
 * ''A sea turtle's paddles make it swim almost as fast as land tortoises are slow
 * 1) In a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water.
 * 2) A group of inerts

Derived terms

 * paddler
 * paddleboat
 * paddle board
 * paddlewheel
 * paddle steamer
 * paddling
 * dog paddle
 * traffic paddle

Verb

 * 1)  To propel something through water with a paddle, oar or hands.
 * 2) * 1884:, , Chapter IX
 * Daytimes we paddled all over the island in the canoe,
 * 1)  To row a boat with less than one's full capacity.
 * 2)  To spank with a paddle.

Verb

 * 1)   To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside.
 * 2) To toddle
 * 3)   To toy or caress using hands or fingers

Verbs for Paddle
chastise with—; dip—; drag—; guide -with .— ply— propel—; strain at—; thwack with—; whack with—; —brushes; —dab¬bles; —flays; —ploughs; —slides; —smacks; —spanks; —steers; —strikes; —sweeps.

Adverbs for Paddle
noiselessly; desperately; skillfully; deftly; indefatigably; arduously; unerringly; intrepidly.

Thesaurus
agitate, agitator, amble, asperge, barge, beat, beat up, beater, bedew, bespatter, besprinkle, birch, bowl along, bundle, cane, catch a crab, churn, churn up, club, clump, convulse, cut a crab, dabble, damp, dampen, dash, dew, disarrange, discompose, disquiet, disturb, douche, drag, dress down, droop, eggbeater, excite, feather, feather an oar, ferment, ferule, flax, flog, flounce, flurry, foot, footslog, fret, gait, gallop, give a dressing-down, give way, halt, hide, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hop, hose, hose down, humect, humectate, humidify, irrigate, jiggler, jog, jolt, jump, larrup, lather, leather, lick, limp, lock step, lumber, lunge, lurch, mince, mincing steps, moisten, oar, pace, pandybat, peg, perturb, perturbate, piaffe, piaffer, plod, ply the oar, pole, prance, pull, punt, rack, rattan, rile, ripple, rod, roil, roll, roughen, row, row away, row dry, ruffle, ruler, rumple, sashay, saunter, scuff, scuffle, scull, scuttle, shake, shake up, shaker, shamble, ship oars, shoot, shuffle, sidle, single-foot, skip, sky an oar, slink, slither, slobber, slog, slop, slosh, slouch, slowness, spank, sparge, spatter, splash, splatter, sponge, spray, sprinkle, stagger, stalk, stamp, steering oar, step, stick, stir, stir up, stomp, straddle, straggle, stride, stroll, strolling gait, strut, stump, swagger, swash, sweep, swing, swirl, switch, syringe, tan, thrash, tittup, toddle, totter, traipse, tread, trim, trip, trot, trouble, trudge, upset, velocity, vibrator, waddle, wade, walk, wallop, wamble, water, welt, wet, wet down, whale, whip, whip up, whisk, wiggle, wobble, work up

Etymology 1
From padell (1407, "small spade"), from Medieval Latin padela, perhaps from  patella "pan, plate", the diminutive of patina

Etymology 2
Recorded since 1530, probably cognate with Low German paddeln "to tramp about," frequent. of padjen "to tramp, to run in short steps," from pad (also in Dutch dialects)

Noun

 * Chinook Jargon:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: paddel, padle, padleåre
 * Dutch: paddel, peddel , pagaai
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,


 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: céasla
 * Japanese: ;
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:


 * Czech:
 * Danish: pagaj
 * Dutch: (dubbelbladige) paddel, peddel , pagaai
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:


 * French:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: パドル
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch: gepeddel
 * Finnish: melonta, melontaretki


 * French: pagayage
 * Russian:


 * Dutch: schoep
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Japanese: 羽根板
 * Russian: ,


 * Dutch: scheprad, waterrad
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Japanese: 外輪
 * Russian: гребное колесо (gr'ebnoje kol'esó)


 * Dutch: schoep
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,


 * Japanese: 受け板, 羽根板
 * Russian:


 * Dutch: pootjebaden


 * Finnish: kahlailu


 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Japanese: ; 杓文字
 * Russian:


 * Finnish: lätkä


 * Catalan: pala
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Japanese: ラケット
 * Russian:


 * Finnish:
 * French: ,


 * Japanese: 水掻き
 * Russian:


 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Japanese:
 * Russian:


 * : 槳, 桨
 * : palette
 * : Paddel


 * : pala
 * : 헤엄
 * : pá
 * : paleta

Verb

 * Chinook Jargon:
 * Dutch: peddelen, (oars only) roeien
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Hungarian: evez
 * Irish: céaslaigh
 * Japanese: 漕ぐ
 * Russian: грести (gr'estí)


 * Dutch: van/met de paddle geven/slaan
 * Finnish:


 * French:
 * Japanese:

Verb

 * Dutch: pootjebaden (feet only)
 * Finnish:


 * Scottish Gaelic: