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
   - toddle, coggle, totter, dodder, waddle 
5. [N. Amer] Give a spanking to; subject to a spanking
   - spank, larrup 
6. Stir with a paddle

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. [N. Amer] An instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board 
4. A short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat
   - boat paddle 
5. An enjoyable walk or play in shallow water with bare feet

Derived forms: paddled, paddles, paddling

See also: paddler

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

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