paddle

(pădˈl)

1. A usually wooden implement having a blade at one end or sometimes at both ends, used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat.
2. Any of various implements resembling the paddle of a boat or canoe, as:
   a. An iron tool for stirring molten ore in a furnace.
   b. A tool with a shovellike blade used to mix materials in glassmaking.
   c. A potter's pallet.
   d. A narrow board used to beat clothes when laundering by hand.
   e. A flattened board used to administer physical punishment.
   f. Sports A light wooden or plastic racket used in playing table tennis, platform tennis, and similar games.
3. A board on a paddle wheel.
4. A flipper or flattened appendage of certain animals.
5. Botany See pad¹.
6. The act of paddling.

1. Nautical
   a. To propel a watercraft with paddles or a paddle.
   b. To row slowly and gently.
2. To move through water by means of repeated short strokes of the limbs.

1. Nautical
   a. To propel (a watercraft) with paddles or a paddle.
   b. To convey in a watercraft propelled by paddles.
2. To spank or beat with a paddle, especially as a punishment.
3. To stir or shape (material) with a paddle.

Related Forms:

• padˈdler noun

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paddle¹

left to right: paddleball, canoe, and kayak paddles

(pădˈl)

1. To dabble about in shallow water; splash gently with the hands or feet.
2. To move with a waddling motion; toddle.