paddle
[noun]
Synonyms:
- oar, scull
[verb]
Synonyms:
- row, propel, pull, scull
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[verb]
Synonyms:
- wade, slop, splash (about)
- dabble, stir

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I. pad‧dle¹ /ˈpædl/ noun
[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: Perhaps from Medieval Latin padela, from Latin patella; ⇒ patella]

1. [countable] a short pole that is wide and flat at the end, used for moving a small boat in water ⇒ oar

2. [singular] British English when you walk for pleasure without shoes or socks in water that is not very deep:
If it’s not too cold, we can go for a paddle.

3. [countable] American English a small round flat bat with a short handle, used for hitting the ball in table tennis:
a ping-pong paddle

4. [countable] a tool like a flat spoon, used for mixing food
⇒ dog paddle

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II. paddle² verb (past tense and past participle paddled, present participle paddling)
[Sense 1,4-5: Date: 1600-1700; Origin: ⇒ paddle¹]
[Sense 2-3: Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Probably from ⇒ pad²(1)]

1. [intransitive and transitive] to move a small light boat through water, using one or more paddles
paddle along/upstream/towards etc
I desperately tried to paddle for the shore.
She and her husband paddled a canoe down the Mississippi. ⇒ row³

2. [intransitive] British English to walk for pleasure without shoes or socks in water that is not very deep Synonym : wade American English:
children paddling in the sea

3. [intransitive] to swim with short quick movements:
The dog was paddling furiously after the ducks.

4. [transitive] American English informal to hit a child with a piece of wood as a punishment

5. paddle your own canoe British English informal to do things yourself, without help from anyone else

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paddle
verb
ADV. downstream, upstream | frantically, furiously He paddled furiously against the current.
slowly

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paddle
̈ɪˈpædl
See: up the creek or up the creek without a paddle

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