Overview of noun paddle

The noun paddle has 4 senses

• paddle -- (small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games)


• paddle -- (a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel)


• paddle -- (an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board)


• paddle, boat paddle -- (a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat)

Overview of verb paddle

The verb paddle has 6 senses

• paddle -- (propel with a paddle; "paddle your own canoe")


• dabble, paddle, splash around -- (play in or as if in water, as of small children)


• paddle -- (swim like a dog in shallow water)


• toddle, coggle, totter, dodder, paddle, waddle -- (walk unsteadily; "small children toddle")


• spank, paddle, larrup -- (give a spanking to; subject to a spanking)


• paddle -- (stir with a paddle)