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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A bat-shaped spanking implement
  • A blade of a waterwheel.
  • A double-bladed oar used for kayaking.
  • A flat limb of an aquatic animal, adapted for swimming.
  • A group of inerts
  • A kitchen utensil shaped like a '''paddle''' and used for mixing, beating etc.
  • A paddlewheel.
  • A ping-pong bat.
  • A slat of a paddleboat's wheel.
  • A two-handed, single-bladed oar used to propel a canoe or a small boat.
  • British A meandering walk or dabble through shallow water, especially at the seaside.
  • In a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water.
  • Time spent on paddling.

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Verb:

  • Archaic intransitive To toy or caress using hands or fingers
  • intransitive British To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside.
  • intransitive To row a boat with less than one's full capacity.
  • To toddle
  • transitive To propel something through water with a '''paddle''', oar or hands.
  • transitive To spank with a paddle.

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