1. a short, flat bladed oar for propelling and steering a canoe or small boat, usually held by both hands and moved more or less through a vertical arc.
2. any of various similar implements used for mixing, stirring, or beating.
3. any of various similar but smaller implements with a short handle for holding in one hand and a wide or rounded blade, used for a racket in table tennis, paddle tennis, etc.
4. such an implement or a similarly shaped makeshift one, used to spank or beat someone.
5. an implement used for beating garments while washing them in running water, as in a stream.
6. a blade of a paddle wheel.
7. paddle wheel.
8. any of the blades by which a water wheel is turned.
9. a flipper or limb of a penguin, turtle, whale, etc.
10. an act of paddling.
11. a small spade with a long handle, used to dig up thistles.
12. (in a gate of a lock or sluice) a panel that slides to permit the passage of water.

13. to propel or travel in a canoe or the like by using a paddle.
14. to row lightly or gently with oars.
15. to move by means of paddle wheels, as a steamer.

16. to propel with a paddle: to paddle a canoe.
17. to spank or beat with or as with a paddle.
18. to stir, mix, or beat with or as with a paddle
19. to convey by paddling, as a canoe.
20. to hit (a table-tennis ball or the like) with a paddle.

21. canoe (def. 6).

1. to move the feet or hands playfully in shallow water; dabble.
2. to toy with the fingers.
3. to toddle.

1. a short light oar with a flat blade at one or both ends, used without a rowlock to propel a canoe or small boat
2. a blade of a water wheel or paddle wheel
3. a period of paddling
• a paddle wheel used to propel a boat
• (as modifier)
5. the sliding panel in a lock or sluicegate that regulates the level or flow of water
6. any of various instruments shaped like a paddle and used for beating, mixing, etc
7. a table-tennis bat
8. the flattened limb of a seal, turtle, or similar aquatic animal, specialized for swimming

9. to propel (a canoe, small boat, etc) with a paddle
10. paddle one's own canoe
• to be self-sufficient
• to mind one's own business
11. to convey by paddling
12. to stir or mix with or as if with a paddle
13. to row (a boat) steadily, esp (of a racing crew) to row firmly but not at full pressure
14. (of steamships) to be propelled by paddle wheels
15. to swim with short rapid strokes, like a dog
16. to spank

1. to walk or play barefoot in shallow water, mud, etc
2. to dabble the fingers, hands, or feet in water
3. to walk unsteadily, like a baby
4. to fondle with the fingers

5. the act of paddling in water

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