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To toddle
To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside
A kitchen utensil shaped like a paddle and used for mixing, beating etc
A paddlewheel
To row a boat with less than one's full capacity
In a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water
A two-handed, single-bladed oar used to propel a canoe or a small boat
To spank with a paddle
A slat of a paddleboat's wheel
To toy or caress using hands or fingers
A meandering walk or dabble through shallow water, especially at the seaside
A bat-shaped spanking implement

The paddle practically ousted the British cane as the spanker's attribute in the independent US.

A group of inerts
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.

{n} an oar used by a single rower, a staff
{v} to play in water, row, beat, move
propel with a paddle; "paddle your own canoe"
walk unsteadily; "small children toddle"
give a spanking to; subject to a spanking
A ping-pong bat
To propel something through water with a paddle, oar or hands
Primary tool for propelling canoes/kayaks See Blade, Shaft, Throat
The act of pushing the sled forward using spiked gloves on the ice surface
A slat of a paddleboats wheel
an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board
small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games
A blade of a waterwheel
A small gate in sluices or lock gates to admit or let off water; also called clough
A flat limb of turtle or other sea animal, adapted for swimming
The broad part of a paddle, with which the stroke is made; hence, any short, broad blade, resembling that of a paddle
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
A double-bladed oar used for kayaking
The table tennis paddle must be made primarily of wood There are no restrictions as to size A legal rubber sheet must be applied to any side used for striking the ball One side must be black, the other cherry red If there is a non-hitting side with no rubber sheet attached, it must have a paint sheet of the appropriate color
An implement with a broad blade, which is used without a fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats
see: Bidding Paddle
To use the hands or fingers in toying; to make caressing strokes
To row a boat with less than ones full capacity
Small amount of pressure applied by oarsmen necessary to keep the shell moving slowly with almost no effort
To spank
An implement having a blade at one end or both ends, used without an oarlock to propel a canoe, kayak or other small boat Made of a wide variety of materials, including wood, aluminum, plastics, fiberglass, Kevlar and carbon fibers
If you paddle a boat, you move it through water using a paddle. the skills you will use to paddle the canoe. paddling around the South Pacific in a kayak
a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat 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 stir with a paddle propel with a paddle; "paddle your own canoe"
swim like a dog in shallow water
> A numbered plastic card assigned to a particular bidder registered at an auction The paddle is raised to bid, and the auctioneer calls out the paddle number of the successful bidder as each lot is sold
n A canoe paddle has a single blade, with a T or similar grip at the top; a kayak paddle has two blades, usually set at or a little less than 90° There are specific designs of paddle for particular purposes v To propel a canoe or kayak with a paddle
Time spent on paddling
See Paddle staff (b), below
A paddle-shaped implement for stirring or mixing
{i} oar; ping-pong racquet; any elongated flat-ended implement used for various actions (i.e. stirring, swatting, spanking); act of rowing
(1) A stick with a blade in the end of it used to propel a small boat through the water (2) The act of using a paddle to propel a boat
To propel with, or as with, a paddle or paddles
To row with minimal pressure
play in or as if in water, as of small children
To pad; to tread upon; to trample
{f} row, push a vessel through the water by paddling; splash and play in shallow water; spank (Slang); swat with a paddle (i.e. a ping-pong ball)
stir with a paddle
A paddle-shaped foot, as of the sea turtle
a two or single bladed stick wich are commonly used on dragon-boats
One of the broad boards, or floats, at the circumference of a water wheel, or paddle wheel
used to propel your kayak through the water Kayak paddles have two blades, canoe paddles have one Contrast with oar, used to propel Roman galleys See "Ben Hur"
If you paddle, you walk or stand in shallow water, for example at the edge of the sea, for pleasure. Wear sandals when you paddle. a lovely little stream that you can paddle in. Paddle is also a noun. Ruth enjoyed her paddle
a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat
A paddle is a short pole with a wide flat part at one end or at both ends. You hold it in your hands and use it as an oar to move a small boat through water. We might be able to push ourselves across with the paddle
a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel
a meandering walk through shallow water, especially at the seaside
To pat or stroke amorously, or gently
A common tool, usually made of graphite, used for forming hot glass
An object that has limited movement capabilities, which a user can control, and has area which a ball can collide with
to paddle

    Hyphenation

    to pad·dle

    Turkish pronunciation

    tı pädıl

    Pronunciation

    /tə ˈpadəl/ /tə ˈpædəl/

    Etymology

    [ t&, tu, 'tü ] (preposition.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English tO; akin to Old High German zuo to, Latin donec as long as, until.
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