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mispaddle en · VERB

Etymology

From mis- + paddle.

Meanings

1. To paddle incorrectly.
   • 'Oh my, I'm all over the shop,' said Mhairi, as she mispaddled into a tangle of mangroves at one point, and stiff grey fingers dangling above quested for root space in her hair. 2011, Lucy Irvine, Faraway:
   • “Whoa!” Emory said, looking at Hamilton on the wave. “Did you see that? Laird leaned forward. He mispaddled. He almost fell!” 2010, Susan Casey, The Wave: In Pursuit of the Ocean's Greatest Furies, page 237:
   • Rufe mispaddled and splashed himself. 2012, Brian Jacques, The Bellmaker, page 91:

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