Paddle - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel
- an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board
- a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat
verb
- swim like a dog in shallow water
- walk unsteadily (syn: dodder, toddle, totter, waddle)
- give a spanking to; subject to a spanking (syn: larrup, spank)
- stir with a paddle
Extra examples
Use the mixer's paddle attachment to mix the dough.
The potter used a paddle to shape the clay.
A piece of driftwood which he used as a paddle.
He paddled us to shore in his canoe.
A lovely little stream that you can paddle in.
Look at the shabby children paddling through the slush.
One of the boys was said to have been struck more than twenty times with a paddle.
If it's not too cold, we can go for a paddle.
I desperately tried to paddle for the shore.
She and her husband paddled a canoe down the Mississippi.
The dog was paddling furiously after the ducks.
...dipping my paddle into the stilly water, I began canoeing across the pond...
Word forms
I/you/we/they: paddle
he/she/it: paddles
present participle: paddling
past tense: paddled
past participle: paddled
singular: paddle
plural: paddles
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