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   paddle

   /ˈpadl/

   noun

   • 1. a short pole with a broad blade at one or both ends, used without a rowlock to move a small boat or canoe through the water: "we dug in deep with our paddles"
   • ▪ an act of paddling a boat: "a gentle paddle on sluggish water"
   • ▪ a paddle-shaped instrument used for mixing food, or stirring or mixing in industrial processes.
   • ▪ a short-handled bat used in table tennis. North American
   • ▪ a paddle-shaped instrument used to administer corporal punishment. informal North American
   • ▪ each of the boards fitted round the circumference of a paddle wheel or mill wheel.
   • ▪ the fin or flipper of an aquatic mammal or bird.
   • 2. a flat array of solar cells projecting from a spacecraft.
   • 3. a plastic-covered electrode used in cardiac stimulation.

   verb

   • 1. move through the water in a boat using a paddle or paddles: "she paddled along the coast"
   • ▪ propel a boat along (a stretch of water) using paddles: "a legal right to paddle Scottish rivers"
   • ▪ (of bird or other animal) swim with short fast strokes: "the swan paddled away"
   • 2. beat (someone) with a paddle as a punishment: informal North American "ask the mother if she minds the offspring getting paddled from time to time"

   Word Origin late Middle English (denoting a small spade-like implement): of unknown origin. Current senses date from the 17th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. paddler noun

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