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paddler
 paddle1left to right: paddleball, canoe, and kayak paddlespad·dle 1 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·dle 2 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.]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  paddler - someone paddling a canoe canoeistboatman, waterman, boater - someone who drives or rides in a boat |
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