paddle (noun)

small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games

paddle (noun)

a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel

paddle (noun)

an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board

paddle, boat paddle (verb)

a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat

paddle (verb)

propel with a paddle

"paddle your own canoe"

dabble, paddle, splash around (verb)

play in or as if in water, as of small children

paddle (verb)

swim like a dog in shallow water

toddle, coggle, totter, dodder, paddle, waddle (verb)

walk unsteadily

"small children toddle"

spank, paddle, larrup (verb)

give a spanking to; subject to a spanking

paddle (verb)

stir with a paddle

Paddle

A paddle is a tool used for pushing against liquids, either as a form of propulsion in a boat or as an implement for mixing.

Paddle

A paddle is a handheld tool with an elongated handle and a flat, widened distal end (i.e. the blade), used as a lever to apply force onto the bladed end. It most commonly describes a completely handheld tool used to propel a human-powered watercraft by pushing water in a direction opposite to the direction of travel (i.e. paddling). It is different to an oar (which is similar in shape and performs the same function via rowing) in that the latter is attached to the watercraft via a fulcrum.