paddle🔊

A two-handed implement consisting of a shaft with one or two blades attached to the end(s) used to propel a canoe, kayak or a small boat. A paddle is unattached to the boat and freely operated with the hands, compared with an oar which is attached to the boat at a pivot point.

A single-bladed version is typically used on canoes and some other small boats.

A double-bladed version with blades at each end of the shaft is used for kayaking.

The use of a paddle to propel a boat; a session of paddling.

A slat of a paddleboat's wheel.

A paddlewheel.

A blade of a waterwheel.

(dated) A game controller with a round wheel used to control player movement along one axis of the video screen.

(British) A meandering walk or dabble through shallow water, especially at the seaside.

A kitchen utensil shaped like a paddle and used for mixing, beating etc.

A broad, flat spanking implement.

(table tennis) A broad, flat device used in striking the ball, analogous to a racket in tennis. +

A flat board with a number of holes or indentations, used to carry small alcoholic drinks such as shots.

A flat limb of an aquatic animal, adapted for swimming.

In a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water.

A handheld electrode used for defibrillation or cardioversion.

A flipper in a pinball machine.

(slang) A person's hand.

(medicine) A flap of attached skin that has been cut away from a wound.

(padel).

To propel something through water with a paddle, oar, hands, etc.

To row a boat with less than one's full capacity.

To spank with a paddle.

To pat or stroke amorously or gently.

To tread upon; to trample.

(British) To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside.

To dog paddle in water.

To toddle.

To toy or caress using hands or fingers.