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What does paddle mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word paddle? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A two-handed, single-bladed oar used to propel a canoe or a small boat.
  2. A double-bladed oar used for kayaking.
  3. Time spent on paddling.
  4. A slat of a paddleboat's wheel.
  5. A paddlewheel.
  6. A blade of a waterwheel.
  7. (video game) A game controller with a round wheel used to control player movement along one axis of the video screen.
  8. (Britain) A meandering walk or dabble through shallow water, especially at the seaside.
  9. A kitchen utensil shaped like a paddle and used for mixing, beating etc.
  10. A bat-shaped spanking implement
  11. A ping-pong bat.
  12. A flat limb of an aquatic animal, adapted for swimming.
  13. In a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water.
  14. A group of inerts
  15. A handheld defibrillation/cardioversion electrode
  16. (slang) hand
Verb
  1. (transitive) To propel something through water with a paddle, oar, hands, etc.
  2. (intransitive) To row a boat with less than one's full capacity.
  3. (transitive) To spank with a paddle.
  4. To pat or stroke amorously or gently.
  5. To tread upon; to trample.
Verb
  1. (intransitive, Britain) To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside.
  2. To toddle
  3. (archaic, intransitive) To toy or caress using hands or fingers
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