[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

paddle \pad"dle\, v. t. imp.  p. p. paddled; p. pr.  vb. n.
   paddling
   1. to pat or stroke amorously, or gently. obsolescent
      1913 webster

            to be paddling palms and pinching fingers. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to propel with, or as with, a paddle or paddles.
      1913 webster

   3. to pad; to tread upon; to trample. prov. eng.
      1913 webster

   4. to spank with a paddle or as if with a paddle; -- usually
      as a disciplinary punishment of children.
      pjc

   5. to mix a viscous liquid by stirring or beating with a
      paddle.
      pjc
see also:
paddled paddling 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

paddle \pad"dle\, n. see paddle, v. i.
   1. an implement with a broad blade, which is used without a
      fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats.
      1913 webster

   2. the broad part of a paddle, with which the stroke is made;
      hence, any short, broad blade, resembling that of a
      paddle, such as that used in table tennis.
      1913 webster

            thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon. --deut.
                                                  xxiii. 13.
      1913 webster

   3. one of the broad boards, or floats, at the circumference
      of a water wheel, or paddle wheel.
      1913 webster

   4. a small gate in sluices or lock gates to admit or let off
      water; -- also called clough.
      1913 webster

   5. zool. a paddle-shaped foot, as of the sea turtle.
      1913 webster

   6. a paddle-shaped implement for stirring or mixing.
      1913 webster

   7. in this sense prob. for older spaddle, a dim. of spade.
      see paddle staff b, below. prov. eng.
      1913 webster

   paddle beam shipbuilding, one of two large timbers
      supporting the spring beam and paddle box of a steam
      vessel.

   paddle board. see paddle, n., 3.

   paddle shaft, the revolving shaft which carries the paddle
      wheel of a steam vessel.

   paddle staff.
      a a staff tipped with a broad blade, used by mole
          catchers. prov. eng.
      b a long-handled spade used to clean a plowshare; --
          called also plow staff. prov. eng.

   paddle steamer, a steam vessel propelled by paddle wheels,
      in distinction from a screw propeller.

   paddle wheel, the propelling wheel of a steam vessel,
      having paddles or floats on its circumference, and
      revolving in a vertical plane parallel to the vessel's
      length.
      1913 webster paddlebox
see also:
paddle clough paddle staff paddle beam paddle board paddle shaft 
plow staff paddle steamer paddle wheel 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

paddle \pad"dle\, v. i. prob. for pattle, and a dim. of pat,
   v.; cf. also e. pad to tread, prov. g. paddeln, padden, to
   walk with short steps, to paddle, g. patschen to splash,
   dash, dabble, f. patouiller to dabble, splash, fr. patte a
   paw. root21.
   1. to use the hands or fingers in toying; to make caressing
      strokes. obs. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to dabble in water with hands or feet; to use a paddle, or
      something which serves as a paddle, in swimming, in
      paddling a boat, etc.
      1913 webster

            as the men were paddling for their lives.
                                                  --l'estrange.
      1913 webster

            while paddling ducks the standing lake desire.
                                                  --gay.
      1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

paddle
     n 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: 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 syn: boat paddle
     v 1: propel with a paddle; "paddle your own canoe"
     2: play in or as if in water, as of small children syn: dabble,
         splash around
     3: swim like a dog in shallow water
     4: walk unsteadily; "small children toddle" syn: toddle, coggle,
         totter, dodder, waddle
     5: give a spanking to; subject to a spanking syn: spank, larrup
     6: stir with a paddle
see also:
boat paddle dabble splash around toddle coggle totter 
dodder waddle spank larrup 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

195 moby thesaurus words for "paddle":
   agitate, agitator, amble, asperge, barge, beat, beat up, beater,
   bedew, bespatter, besprinkle, birch, bowl along, bundle, cane,
   catch a crab, churn, churn up, club, clump, convulse, cut a crab,
   dabble, damp, dampen, dash, dew, disarrange, discompose, disquiet,
   disturb, douche, drag, dress down, droop, eggbeater, excite,
   feather, feather an oar, ferment, ferule, flax, flog, flounce,
   flurry, foot, footslog, fret, gait, gallop, give a dressing-down,
   give way, halt, hide, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hop, hose,
   hose down, humect, humectate, humidify, irrigate, jiggler, jog,
   jolt, jump, larrup, lather, leather, lick, limp, lock step, lumber,
   lunge, lurch, mince, mincing steps, moisten, oar, pace, pandybat,
   peg, perturb, perturbate, piaffe, piaffer, plod, ply the oar, pole,
   prance, pull, punt, rack, rattan, rile, ripple, rod, roil, roll,
   roughen, row, row away, row dry, ruffle, ruler, rumple, sashay,
   saunter, scuff, scuffle, scull, scuttle, shake, shake up, shaker,
   shamble, ship oars, shoot, shuffle, sidle, single-foot, skip,
   sky an oar, slink, slither, slobber, slog, slop, slosh, slouch,
   slowness, spank, sparge, spatter, splash, splatter, sponge, spray,
   sprinkle, stagger, stalk, stamp, steering oar, step, stick, stir,
   stir up, stomp, straddle, straggle, stride, stroll, strolling gait,
   strut, stump, swagger, swash, sweep, swing, swirl, switch, syringe,
   tan, thrash, tittup, toddle, totter, traipse, tread, trim, trip,
   trot, trouble, trudge, upset, velocity, vibrator, waddle, wade,
   walk, wallop, wamble, water, welt, wet, wet down, whale, whip,
   whip up, whisk, wiggle, wobble, work up

[6] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

paddle
     
        a language for transformations leading from specification to
        program.  used in the popart programming environment
        generator.
     
        1994-11-30
     
     
see also:
popart 

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