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—paddler, n./pad"l/, n., v., paddled, paddling.n.1. a short, flat bladed oar for propelling and steering a canoe or small boat, usually held by both hands and moved more or less through a vertical arc.2. any of various similar implements used for mixing, stirring, or beating.3. any of various similar but smaller implements with a short handle for holding in one hand and a wide or rounded blade, used for a racket in table tennis, paddle tennis, etc.4. such an implement or a similarly shaped makeshift one, used to spank or beat someone.5. an implement used for beating garments while washing them in running water, as in a stream.7. See paddle wheel.8. any of the blades by which a water wheel is turned.9. a flipper or limb of a penguin, turtle, whale, etc.10. an act of paddling.12. (in a gate of a lock or sluice) a panel that slides to permit the passage of water.v.i.13. to propel or travel in a canoe or the like by using a paddle.14. to row lightly or gently with oars.15. to move by means of paddle wheels, as a steamer.v.t.16. to propel with a paddle: to paddle a canoe.17. to spank or beat with or as with a paddle.18. to stir, mix, or beat with or as with a paddle19. to convey by paddling, as a canoe.20. to hit (a table-tennis ball or the like) with a paddle.[1375-1425; late ME padell (n.)]paddle2—paddler, n./pad"l/, v.i., paddled, paddling.1. to move the feet or hands playfully in shallow water; dabble.2. to toy with the fingers.3. to toddle.[1520-30; orig. uncert.]
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