paddle
Use Paddle in a sentence
Ads
15% Of All New Products www.bombergear.com/ Bomber Gear Dry Gear & Sprayskirts Offer Ends May 29
l noun
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.
Also called float, floatboard. a blade of a paddle wheel.
7.
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.
Also, pattle. British Dialect. 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.
verb (used without object)
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.
00:10
Paddle
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is subtilize. Does it mean:
| to spend time idly; loaf. |
| to introduce subtleties into or argue subtly about. |
verb (used with object)
Idioms 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.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English padell (noun)
1375–1425; late Middle English padell (noun)
Related forms
pad·dler, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
|
Link To paddle
Collins
World English Dictionary
paddle1 (ˈpædəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 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. | Also called: float a blade of a water wheel or paddle wheel |
| 3. | a period of paddling: to go for a paddle upstream |
| 4. | a. a paddle wheel used to propel a boat |
| b. (as modifier): a paddle steamer | |
| 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 |
| —vb | |
| 9. | to propel (a canoe, small boat, etc) with a paddle |
| 10. | paddle one's own canoe |
| a. to be self-sufficient | |
| b. to mind one's own business | |
| 11. | (tr) to convey by paddling: we paddled him to the shore |
| 12. | (tr) 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. | (intr) (of steamships) to be propelled by paddle wheels |
| 15. | (intr) to swim with short rapid strokes, like a dog |
| 16. | informal (US), (Canadian) (tr) to spank |
| [C15: of unknown origin] | |
| 'paddler1 | |
| —n | |
| paddle2 (ˈpædəl) | |
| —vb | |
| 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. | archaic (tr) to fondle with the fingers |
| —n | |
| 5. | the act of paddling in water |
| [C16: of uncertain origin] | |
| 'paddler2 | |
| —n | |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
paddle
1407, padell "small spade," from M.L. padela, perhaps from L. patella "pan, plate," dim. of patina. Meaning "short oar with a wide blade" is from 1624. As an instrument used for beating clothes (and slaves, and schoolboys), it is recorded from 1828, Amer.Eng.; the verb meaning "to beat with a paddle,
spank" is first recorded 1856. Paddlewheel is from 1805.
paddle
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
FOLDOC
Computing Dictionary
Paddle definition
A language for transformations leading from specification to program. Used in the POPART programming environment generator.
(1994-11-30)
American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
paddle
In addition to the idiom beginning with paddle, also see up the creek (without a paddle).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
Cite This Source
Example sentences
Propel and steer the boat by using one double-bladed paddle.
But he found a box of provisions and a paddle, and salvaged both by swimming into midstream after them.
Mix slowly with the paddle and add the eggs one at a time, letting each one get incorporated before adding the next.
With kayaks, and small paddle boats for rent it is possible to float out on the river and relax for an afternoon.
Idioms & Phrases
Matching Quote
Nearby Words
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
