Results for paddle

Definitions of paddle:

part of speech: noun

A short, broad, spoon- shaped oar, used for moving canoes: the blade of an oar: one of the boards at the circumference of a paddle wheel: ( B.) a little spade.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To dabble in water with the feet: to finger: to beat the water as with the feet, to row.

part of speech: noun

A broad short oar used in propelling light boats.

part of speech: noun

A short oar with a broad blade, used without a rowlock; one of the broad boards of a water wheel or of the paddle wheel of a steamship.

part of speech: verb transitive

To move with an oar or paddle.

part of speech: verb

To play in the water with the hands and feet; to beat the water, as with oars; to propel by an oar or paddle.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To move a canoe or rowboat by means of a short oar without a rowlock; to row slowly; play or wade in the water.

Usage examples for paddle:

• So it was great relief to quit Switzerland and find myself on the deck of the steamer, with every revolution of the paddle wheels bringing me nearer home. "Daisy in the Field", Elizabeth Wetherell

• There, we are off," she said, taking up the paddle "Betty Zane", Zane Grey

• The paddle lay inert in her fingers, her head drooped. "The World For Sale, Complete", Gilbert Parker Last Updated: March 14, 2009

• " 'Now then, ' he said to the queen, when he had brought her down to look at it, 'you may take off your shoes and stockings and paddle about in this mud as much as you like. "Milly and Olly", Mrs. Humphry Ward