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noun | verb paddlepaddle1 /ˈpædl/ noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYpaddle1Origin: 1400-1500 Perhaps from Medieval Latin padela, from Latin patella; ➔ PATELLA 1 a short pole that is wide and flat at one end or both ends, used for moving a small boat along → oar2a flat round object with a short handle, used for hitting the ball in ping-pong3a piece of wood with a handle, used for hitting a child to punish them4one of the wide blades on the wheel of a paddle wheeler5a tool like a flat spoon, used for mixing food → see also dog paddle noun | verb paddlepaddle2 verb (paddled, paddling) ETYMOLOGYpaddle2Origin: (1,4-5) 1600-1700 ➔ PADDLE1 (2-3) 1500-1600 Probably from ➔ PAD2(1) VERB TABLEpaddle |
Present | I, you, we, they | paddle | | he, she, it | paddles | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | paddled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have paddled | | he, she, it | has paddled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had paddled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will paddle | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have paddled |
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Present | I | am paddling | | he, she, it | is paddling | | you, we, they | are paddling | Past | I, he, she, it | was paddling | | you, we, they | were paddling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been paddling | | he, she, it | has been paddling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been paddling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be paddling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been paddling |
1[intransitive, transitive] to move a small light boat through water, using one or more paddles: Sam paddled the canoe down the creek.paddle along/upstream/toward We got in the kayaks and paddled upstream. → see also row22[intransitive] to swim by moving your hands and feet up and down → see also dog paddle3[transitive] to hit a child with a piece of wood as a punishment |