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1. Small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games
    
2. A blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel
    
3. A short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat
   - boat paddle
    
4. An enjoyable walk or play in shallow water with bare feet
    
5. [N. Amer] An instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board

1. Propel with a paddle
   "paddle your own canoe"
    
2. Play in or as if in water, as of small children
   - dabble, splash around
    
3. Swim like a dog in shallow water
    
4. Walk unsteadily, with short steps
   "small children paddle";
   - toddle, coggle, totter, dodder, waddle
    
5. [N. Amer] Give a spanking to; subject to a spanking
   - spank, larrup [informal]
    
6. Stir with a paddle

Derived forms: paddling, paddles, paddled

Type of: bat, beat, beat up, blade, boat, instrument of punishment, oar, play, stir, swim, vane, walk, work over

Part of: mill wheel, millwheel, paddle wheel, paddlewheel

Encyclopedia: Paddle