paddle

paddle¹left to right: paddleball, canoe, and kayak paddles

pad·dle¹

P0007800 (păd′l)n.1. An implement with a flat blade at one or both ends, held in the hands without an oarlock and passed through the water to propel a small boat such as a canoe.2. Any of various implements resembling the paddle of a boat or canoe, as:a. Sports A light wooden or plastic racket used in playing table tennis, platform tennis, and similar games.b. A flat board with a handle used to administer physical punishment.c. A blade or shovellike implement used for stirring or mixing.3. Medicine A flat electrode that is part of a defibrillator and is put on a patient's chest to deliver an electric shock to the heart.4. A board on a paddle wheel.5. A flipper or flattened appendage of certain animals.6. Botany See pad¹.7. The act of paddling.v. pad·dled, pad·dling, pad·dles v.intr.1. Nautical a. To propel a watercraft with paddles or a paddle.b. To row slowly and gently.2. To move through water by means of repeated short strokes of the limbs.v.tr.1. Nautical a. To propel (a watercraft) with paddles or a paddle.b. To convey in a watercraft propelled by paddles.2. To spank or beat with a paddle, especially as a punishment.3. To stir or shape (material) with a paddle.

[Middle English padell, spadelike tool used to clean plowshares, hoe; perhaps akin to spatyl, spatula, from Old French spatule, from Latin spatula, flat piece of wood; see spatula.]

pad′dler n.

pad·dle²

P0007800 (păd′l)intr.v. pad·dled, pad·dling, pad·dles 1. To dabble about in shallow water; splash gently with the hands or feet.2. To move with a waddling motion; toddle.

[Perhaps of Low German origin.]

paddle

(ˈpædəl) n1. (Rowing) a short light oar with a flat blade at one or both ends, used without a rowlock to propel a canoe or small boat2. (Nautical Terms) Also called: float a blade of a water wheel or paddle wheel3. (Rowing) a period of paddling: to go for a paddle upstream. 4. (Nautical Terms) a. a paddle wheel used to propel a boatb. (as modifier): a paddle steamer. 5. (Civil Engineering) the sliding panel in a lock or sluicegate that regulates the level or flow of water6. any of various instruments shaped like a paddle and used for beating, mixing, etc7. (Individual Sports, other than specified) a table-tennis bat8. (Zoology) the flattened limb of a seal, turtle, or similar aquatic animal, specialized for swimmingvb9. to propel (a canoe, small boat, etc) with a paddle10. paddle one's own canoe a. to be self-sufficientb. to mind one's own business11. (tr) to convey by paddling: we paddled him to the shore. 12. (tr) to stir or mix with or as if with a paddle13. (Rowing) to row (a boat) steadily, esp (of a racing crew) to row firmly but not at full pressure14. (intr) (of steamships) to be propelled by paddle wheels15. (intr) to swim with short rapid strokes, like a dog16. (tr) informal US and Canadian to spank[C15: of unknown origin] ˈpaddler n

paddle

(ˈpædəl) vb (mainly intr) 1. to walk or play barefoot in shallow water, mud, etc2. to dabble the fingers, hands, or feet in water3. to walk unsteadily, like a baby4. (tr) archaic to fondle with the fingersnthe act of paddling in water[C16: of uncertain origin] ˈpaddler n

pad•dle¹

(ˈpæd l)

n., v. -dled, -dling. n. 1. a short, flat-bladed oar for propelling and steering a canoe or small boat, usu. held by both hands and moved through a vertical arc. 2. any of various similar implements used for mixing, stirring, or beating. 3. a similarly shaped implement used to spank or beat someone. 4. a racket with a short handle and a wide, rounded blade, used in table tennis, paddle tennis, etc. 5. an implement used for beating garments while washing them in running water, as in a stream. 6. a blade of a paddle wheel. 7. paddle wheel. 8. a flipper or limb of a penguin, turtle, whale, etc. 9. an act of paddling. v.i. 10. to propel or travel in a canoe or the like by using a paddle. v.t. 11. to propel with a paddle. 12. to spank with or as if with a paddle. 13. to stir, mix, or beat with or as if with a paddle. 14. to hit (a ball) with a paddle. [1400–50; late Middle English padell implement for cleaning a plowshare, of uncertain origin] pad′dler, n.

pad•dle²

(ˈpæd l)

v.i. -dled, -dling. to move the feet or hands in water. [1520–30; orig. uncertain] pad′dler, n.

paddle

paddle - An aquatic animal's flipper can also be called a paddle—as can the foot of a duck or the wing of a penguin.
patrol - Comes from a French word meaning "paddle about in the mud."
rudder - First meant "paddle" or "oar."
float - The boards and paddle of a waterwheel or paddlewheel are the floats.

paddle

Past participle: paddled
Gerund: paddling

Imperative
paddle
paddle

Present
I paddle
you paddle
he/she/it paddles
we paddle
you paddle
they paddle

Preterite
I paddled
you paddled
he/she/it paddled
we paddled
you paddled
they paddled

Present Continuous
I am paddling
you are paddling
he/she/it is paddling
we are paddling
you are paddling
they are paddling

Present Perfect
I have paddled
you have paddled
he/she/it has paddled
we have paddled
you have paddled
they have paddled

Past Continuous
I was paddling
you were paddling
he/she/it was paddling
we were paddling
you were paddling
they were paddling

Past Perfect
I had paddled
you had paddled
he/she/it had paddled
we had paddled
you had paddled
they had paddled

Future
I will paddle
you will paddle
he/she/it will paddle
we will paddle
you will paddle
they will paddle

Future Perfect
I will have paddled
you will have paddled
he/she/it will have paddled
we will have paddled
you will have paddled
they will have paddled

Future Continuous
I will be paddling
you will be paddling
he/she/it will be paddling
we will be paddling
you will be paddling
they will be paddling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been paddling
you have been paddling
he/she/it has been paddling
we have been paddling
you have been paddling
they have been paddling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been paddling
you will have been paddling
he/she/it will have been paddling
we will have been paddling
you will have been paddling
they will have been paddling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been paddling
you had been paddling
he/she/it had been paddling
we had been paddling
you had been paddling
they had been paddling

Conditional
I would paddle
you would paddle
he/she/it would paddle
we would paddle
you would paddle
they would paddle

Past Conditional
I would have paddled
you would have paddled
he/she/it would have paddled
we would have paddled
you would have paddled
they would have paddled

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	paddle - small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various gamesbat - a club used for hitting a ball in various gamespingpong paddle, table-tennis bat, table-tennis racquet - paddle used to play table tennis
	2.	paddle - a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheelvane, blade - flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or watermill wheel, millwheel - water wheel that is used to drive machinery in a millpaddle wheel, paddlewheel - a large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine in order to propel a boat
	3.	paddle - an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat boardinstrument of punishment - an instrument designed and used to punish a condemned person
	4.	paddle - a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boatboat paddleoar - an implement used to propel or steer a boat
Verb	1.	paddle - propel with a paddle; "paddle your own canoe"athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competitionfeather, square - turn the paddle; in canoeingboat - ride in a boat on water
	2.	paddle - play in or as if in water, as of small childrensplash around, dabbleplay - be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children; "The kids were playing outside all day"; "I used to play with trucks as a little girl"
	3.	paddle - swim like a dog in shallow wateraquatics, water sport - sports that involve bodies of waterswim - travel through water; "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank"
	4.	paddle - walk unsteadily; "small children toddle"coggle, dodder, toddle, waddle, totterwalk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"
	5.	paddle - give a spanking to; subject to a spankinglarrup, spankbeat up, work over, beat - give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"
	6.	paddle - stir with a paddle stir - move an implement through; "stir the soup"; "stir my drink"; "stir the soil"

paddle

¹noun1. oar, sweep, scull He used a piece of driftwood as a paddle.verb1. row, pull, scull paddling around the South Pacific in a kayak

paddle

²verb1. wade, splash (about), slop, plash The children were paddling in the stream.2. dabble, wet, stir, dip, splash He paddled his hands in the water.

Translations

划桨桨涉水用桨划蹚水

paddle¹

(ˈpӕdl) verb to walk about in shallow water. The children went paddling in the sea.涉水

paddle²

(ˈpӕdl) noun a short, light oar, often with a blade at each end of the shaft, used in canoes etc. 桨 verb to move with a paddle. He paddled the canoe along the river.用桨划ˈpaddle-steamer noun a boat driven by paddle-wheels. 明轮船ˈpaddle-wheel noun a large wheel fitted with flat pieces of wood, attached to the side or stern of a boat and turned to make it move through the water. 明轮

to paddle (not pedal) a canoe.

paddle

→ 划桨zhCN, 蹚水zhCN

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up shit's creek (without a paddle)

rude slang In a challenging or daunting situation. I'm a single mother who just lost her job—I'm really up shit's creek right now. A: "I just found out that the school told my parents that I'm failing French." B: "Oh man, you're up shit's creek without a paddle."See also: creek, up

up a/the creek (without a paddle)

slang In a challenging or troublesome situation, especially one that cannot be easily resolved. I have no savings, so if I get fired from my job, I'll be up the creek without a paddle. Shouldn't we stop for gas? We'll be up a creek if the car dies on that desolate road ahead.See also: creek, up

up shit creek (without a paddle)

rude slang In a challenging or troublesome situation, especially one that cannot be easily resolved. I have no savings, so if I get fired from my job, I'll be up shit creek without a paddle. Shouldn't we stop for gas? We'll be up shit creek if the car dies on that desolate road ahead.See also: creek, shit, up

paddle (one's) own canoe

To act independently. Now that you're 30, people expect you to paddle your own canoe—you can't just live with your parents forever.See also: canoe, own, paddle

be up a/the creek (without a paddle)

slang To be in a challenging or troublesome situation, especially one that cannot be easily resolved. I have no savings, so if I get fired from my job, I'll be up the creek without a paddle. Shouldn't we stop for gas? We'll be up a creek if the car dies on that desolate road ahead.See also: creek, up

up the river

1. To, in, or at prison. It is extremely gratifying to see these wealthy white-collar criminals being sent up the river for stealing from so many people. I actually had better conditions up the river than I ever did in the slums where I grew up.2. In a difficult, troubling, or dangerous situation, especially one from which it is impossible or extremely difficult to extricate oneself. Often followed by "without a paddle." A less common variant of the phrase "up a/the creek (without a paddle)." We're really going to be up the river without a paddle if we run out of gas out here in the desert. How did we get ourselves so far up the river like this? There's no way we can pay back this much debt.See also: river, up

paddle one's own canoe

Fig. to do something by oneself; to be alone. I've been left to paddle my own canoe too many times. Sally isn't with us. She's off paddling her own canoe.See also: canoe, own, paddle

up the river

Sl. in prison. (Underworld.) Gary was up the river for a couple of years, but that doesn't make him an outcast, does it? The judge who sent him up the river was indicted for accepting bribery. If Gary had only known sooner!See also: river, up

paddle one's own canoe

Be independent and self-reliant, as in It's time Bill learned to paddle his own canoe. This idiom alludes to steering one's own boat. [c. 1800] See also: canoe, own, paddle

up a creek

Also, up shit creek; up the creek (without a paddle). In trouble, in a serious predicament, as in If the check doesn't arrive today I'm up a creek, or The car wouldn't start, so I was up the creek without a paddle. This slangy idiom conjures up the image of a stranded canoeist with no way of moving (paddling) the canoe. President Harry S. Truman used the first term in a letter in 1918. The first variant is considered vulgar. See also: creek, up

up the river

To or in prison, as in They sent him up the river for five years. This phrase originally referred to Sing-Sing Prison, on the Hudson River about 30 miles north of New York City. So used from about 1890 on, it was broadened to apply to any prison by the early 1900s. See also: river, up

paddle your own canoe

If you paddle your own canoe, you control what you want to do without anyone's help or interference. With no one managing him, he was basically left to paddle his own canoe. As far as the rest of Europe is concerned we've just got to paddle our own canoe.See also: canoe, own, paddle

be up the creek without a paddle

be in severe difficulty, usually with no means of extricating yourself from it. informal Often shortened to be up the creek , this expression is recorded in the mid 20th century as military slang for ‘lost’ (for example, while on a patrol).See also: creek, paddle, up, without

paddle your own canoe

be independent and self-sufficient. informal This expression has been in figurative use from the early 19th century: it was the title of a popular song by Sarah T. Bolton in 1854 .See also: canoe, own, paddle

up the river

to or in prison. informal, chiefly North American This phrase originated with reference to Sing Sing prison, which is situated up the Hudson River from the city of New York.See also: river, up

up shit creek (without a paddle)

and up the creek (without a paddle) and up a creek mod. in an awkward position with no easy way out. (Usually objectionable.) There I was, at Disney World with only a measly $47.54. I was literally up the creek without a paddle. You are up a creek! You got yourself into it, so get yourself out. See also: creek, paddle, shit, up, without

up the creek without a paddle

verbSee up shit creek without a paddleSee also: creek, paddle, up, without

up a creek

verbSee up shit creek without a paddleSee also: creek, up

up the river

mod. in prison. (Underworld.) The judge who sent him up the river was indicted for accepting bribery. If Gary had only known sooner! See also: river, up

up the river

Slang In or into prison.See also: river, up

paddle one's own canoe, to

To be independent and self-reliant. The analogy to steering one’s boat is very old indeed; Euripides drew it in his play Cyclops (ca. 440 b.c.). Canoes being largely a Western Hemisphere conveyance, this particular version of the term is American in origin. It dates from about 1800. An early appearance in print occurs in Frederick Marryat’s Settlers in Canada (1840). A few years later Harper’s Monthly (May 1854) published the following ditty: “Voyager upon life’s sea, to yourself be true, And whate’er your lot may be, paddle your own canoe.” It became a popular music-hall song.See also: own, paddle

up a/the creek (without a paddle)

In deep trouble; in a tight spot. Also put more baldly as up shit creek, this expression is almost certainly of American vintage from the early twentieth century, but the exact origin has been lost. Joseph Heller used it in Catch-22 (1961): “You really are up the creek, Popinjay.”See also: creek, up

up the river

In jail. The infamous Sing Sing Correctional Facility, located in the town of Ossining thirty miles north of New York City, sits on the Hudson River shoreline. Any criminal convicted in a New York court and sentenced to be imprisoned there was sent “up the river.” The phrase, made popular in gangster movies, began to be applied to other prisons in the country, whether or not the cells boasted of a river view. “Up the river” should not be confused with “sold down the river,” meaning “deceived” and derived from the antebellum practice of Northern slaveholders selling troublesome slaves down the Mississippi River for a life of endless toil on cotton plantations.See also: river, up

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noun oar

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verb row

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verb wade

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verb dabble

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noun small wooden bat with a flat surface

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noun a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel

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noun an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board

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

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verb propel with a paddle

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

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verb swim like a dog in shallow water

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verb walk unsteadily

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verb give a spanking to

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verb stir with a paddle

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