paddle¹ /padˈl/

1. To wade about or dabble in a liquid or semi-liquid
2. To walk unsteadily or with short steps
3. To play or toy with the fingers (archaic)
4. To trifle (obsolete)
5. To make (land) bare of grass by constant trampling, etc (dialect)

To toy with or finger

A spell of wading in shallow water

paddˈler noun

1. Someone who paddles
2. (in pl) a protective garment worn by children when paddling

paddle² /padˈl/

1. A small, long-handled spade
2. A short, broad, spoon-shaped oar, used for moving canoes
3. The blade of an oar
4. One of the boards of a paddle wheel or water wheel
5. A swimming animal's flipper
6. A paddle-shaped instrument for stirring, beating, etc
7. A small bat, as used in table-tennis (N American)

1. To use a paddle or progress by use of paddles
2. To row gently
3. To swim about like a duck

1. To propel by paddle
2. To strike or spank with a paddle or the like (esp US)

paddˈler noun

paddˈling noun

1. The act of paddling
2. A flock of wild ducks on water

paddˈle-board noun

One of the boards of a paddle wheel

paddle boat noun

A paddle steamer

paddˈle-box noun

The covering of a paddle wheel

paddˈlefish noun

A large freshwater fish of the Polyodontidae family with a long flattened snout

paddˈle-shaft noun

The axle on which paddle wheels turn

paddˈle-staff noun

A small spade or paddle

paddle steamer noun

A steamer propelled by paddle wheels

paddle wheel noun

A wheel-like framework with boards or paddles fitted across its edges, steam-driven to strike water and propel a ship, or turned by a stream to drive a mill, etc

paddˈle-wood noun

The light, strong wood of a Guiana tree (genus Aspidosperma) of the dogbane family

paddle one's own canoe

To progress independently

paddle³ /padˈl/, padle /päˈdl or pāˈ/ or paidle /pāˈ/ (Scot)

The lumpsucker (also (masc) cockˈ-paddˈle, etc, (fem) henˈ-paddˈle, etc)

• water buffalo
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