Meaning of Paddle | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A two-handed implement consisting of a shaft with one or two blades attached to the end(s) used to propel a canoe, kayak or a small boat. A paddle is unattached to the boat and freely operated with the hands, compared with an oar which is attached to the boat at a pivot point.
   countable, uncountable
3. A single-bladed version is typically used on canoes and some other small boats.
   countable, uncountable
4. A double-bladed version with blades at each end of the shaft is used for kayaking.
   countable, uncountable
5. The use of a paddle to propel a boat; a session of paddling.
   countable, uncountable
6. A slat of a paddleboat's wheel.
   countable, uncountable
7. A paddlewheel.
   countable, uncountable
8. A blade of a waterwheel.
   countable, uncountable
9. A game controller with a round wheel used to control player movement along one axis of the video screen.
   countable, dated, uncountable
10. A meandering walk or dabble through shallow water, especially at the seaside.
    British, countable, uncountable
11. A kitchen utensil shaped like a paddle and used for mixing, beating etc.
    countable, uncountable
12. A broad, flat spanking implement.
    countable, uncountable
13. A broad, flat device used in striking the ball, analogous to a racket in tennis.
    countable, uncountable
14. A flat board with a number of holes or indentations, used to carry small alcoholic drinks such as shots.
    countable, uncountable
15. A flat limb of an aquatic animal, adapted for swimming.
    countable, uncountable
16. In a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water.
    countable, uncountable
17. A handheld electrode used for defibrillation or cardioversion.
    countable, uncountable
18. A flipper in a pinball machine.
    countable, uncountable
19. A person's hand.
    countable, slang, uncountable
20. A flap of attached skin that has been cut away from a wound.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“We had a nice paddle this morning.”

“I managed one mighty paddle of 38km up the coast to Wicklow before the next bloody storm was due to hit.”

“The paddle practically ousted the British cane for spankings in the independent US.”

“(UK)”

“And it really is a paddle, too, with a blade big enough to hold several sampling glasses of different beers (known for some reason as a 'flight') for customers to try. Beer paddles have become very popular in American craft beer bars: […]”

“A sea turtle's paddles make it swim almost as fast as land tortoises are slow.”

“A large ( 13 x 25 cm ) paddle of skin was used to cover a large wound following a temporal bone resection.”

“About 10% of perforators to the skin paddle of the flap are septocutaneous blood vessels that travel though the intermuscular septum that separates the rectus femoris muscle from the vastus lateralis muscle.”

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