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paddle en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • [ˈpʰæ.ɾɫ̩] (US)
  • /ˈpædl̩/
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

Partly from the verb paddle ("to splash, dabble"; see below) and partly from Middle English padell (“small spade”). Middle English padell is from Medieval Latin padela, itself of uncertain origin: perhaps an alteration of Middle English *spaddle (see also spaddle), a diminutive of spade; or from Latin patella (“pan, plate”), the diminutive of patina, or a merger of the two. Compare Ancient Greek πηδάλιον (pēdálion, “rudder, steering oar”), derived from πηδόν (pēdón, “the blade of an oar; an oar”).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) 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. ▸ A single-bladed version is typically used on canoes and some other small boats.
  2. (countable, uncountable) 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. ▸ A double-bladed version with blades at each end of the shaft is used for kayaking.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The use of a paddle to propel a boat; a session of paddling.
    • 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. 2021, Jordan Wylie, The Power of the Paddle:
  4. (countable, uncountable) A slat of a paddleboat's wheel.
  5. (countable, uncountable) A paddlewheel.
  6. (countable, uncountable) A blade of a waterwheel.
  7. (countable, dated, uncountable) A game controller with a round wheel used to control player movement along one axis of the video screen.
  8. (UK, countable, uncountable) A meandering walk or dabble through shallow water, especially at the seaside.
  9. (countable, uncountable) A kitchen utensil shaped like a paddle and used for mixing, beating etc.
  10. (countable, uncountable) A broad, flat spanking implement.
    • The paddle practically ousted the British cane for spankings in the independent US.
  11. (countable, qualifier:table tennis, uncountable) A broad, flat device used in striking the ball, analogous to a racket in tennis.
    • (UK)
  12. (countable, uncountable) A flat board with a number of holes or indentations, used to carry small alcoholic drinks such as shots.
    • 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: […] 2019, Ted Bruning, The Bar Owners' Handbook, page 111:
  13. (countable, uncountable) A flat limb of an aquatic animal, adapted for swimming.
    • A sea turtle's paddles make it swim almost as fast as land tortoises are slow.
  14. (countable, uncountable) In a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water.
  15. (countable, uncountable) A handheld electrode used for defibrillation or cardioversion.
  16. (countable, uncountable) A flipper in a pinball machine.
  17. (countable, slang, uncountable) A person's hand.
  18. (countable, uncountable) A flap of attached skin that has been cut away from a wound.
    • A large ( 13 x 25 cm ) paddle of skin was used to cover a large wound following a temporal bone resection. 2009, Berish Strauch, Luis O. Vasconez, M.d., Elizabeth J. Hall-Findlay, Grabb's Encyclopedia of Flaps - Volume 1, page 373:
    • 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. 2012, Mark L. Urken, Mack L. Cheney, Keith E. Blackwell, Atlas of Regional and Free Flaps for Head and Neck Reconstruction, page 235:
  19. (alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative form of padel.
    alt of padel

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
paddles Number=Plur lexicographic
paidle alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

paddlefoot · up shit creek without a paddle · paddleboard · paddlesport · paddleboat · paddle grass · paddle scoop · plough paddle · paddle-out · doggy-paddle · paddle wheeler · paddle pop · rice paddle · paddle shifter · up shit's creek without a paddle · paddleless · paddlogaine · dog-paddle · paddlewood · up a creek without a paddle · paddle steamer · pizza paddle · paddle boat · paddlefish · paddlelike · washing paddle · dog paddle · paddlecraft · paddlewheel · doggie paddle · cactus paddle · paddlebox · paddleball · paddler · paddling · paddleful · paddle-tailed newt · up the creek without a paddle · paddle wheel · paddle tennis · shock paddle · paddle board · paddle-staff · paddle box · butter paddle · beer paddle · traffic paddle · sneak paddle · doggy paddle

Descendants

faedoel · paddel · padle

Relateds

oar

Synonyms

racket · bat

Translations (196)

hi पतवार (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) · ca palmatòria (bat-shaped spanking implement) · sm foe (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · nl schoep (blade of a waterwheel) · ru гребное колесо́ (paddlewheel) · pt remada (use of a paddle; session of paddling) · de Schieber (in a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water) · fi kahlailu (meandering walk or dabble through shallow water) · ivv kawod (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · fr pagayage (use of a paddle; session of paddling) · ml തുഴ (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · ko(two-handed, single-bladed oar) · ktu nkafi (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · de Doppelpaddel (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) · ko 패들 (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) · nl scheprad (paddlewheel) · hu evező (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) · fr pagaie (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · zza raket (equivalent of a racquet in ping-pong) · th พาย (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · fr pale (blade of a waterwheel) · fr palette (bat-shaped spanking implement) · pt remo (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) · it ruota a pale (paddlewheel) · fr pagaie (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) · cmn 槳 /桨 (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · it pagaia (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) · bg затвор (in a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water) · sv paddel (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) · it pagaia (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · de Schaufelblatt (slat of a paddleboat's wheel) · fi siipi (slat of a paddleboat's wheel) · uli faedoel (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · hu pingpongütő (equivalent of a racquet in ping-pong) · de Schaufel (blade of a waterwheel) · fi maila (equivalent of a racquet in ping-pong) · de Schaufelbrett (blade of a waterwheel) · et mõla (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) · pt remo (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · fr palette à fessée (bat-shaped spanking implement) · tsg bugsay (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · hi चप्पू (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · it pala (blade of a waterwheel) · sv paddel (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · bg лопа́та (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · pt palma (flat limb of aquatic animal) · vi chèo (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · hi पतवार (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · nb padleåre (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · th ไม้พาย (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · fr palette (flat limb of aquatic animal) · mk весло (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · fr rame (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · pt raquete (equivalent of a racquet in ping-pong) · vi chèo (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) · ml പങ്കായം (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · mba bugsay (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · nn padleåre (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) · ru раке́тка (equivalent of a racquet in ping-pong) · cs lopatka (blade of a waterwheel) · ja 外輪 (paddlewheel) · fr nageoire (flat limb of aquatic animal) · ja(in a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water) · bni nkai (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · fi melonta (use of a paddle; session of paddling) · ru лопа́тка (kitchen utensil) · it pala dell'elica (blade of a waterwheel) · de Schaufelrad (paddlewheel) · pt válvula (in a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water) · fi mela (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · nl pagaai (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · sm foe (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) · de Paddelei (use of a paddle; session of paddling) · fr aube (blade of a waterwheel) · ceb bugsay (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · es pala (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) · uk весло́ (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · sv pingisracket (equivalent of a racquet in ping-pong) · ba ишкәк (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) · fr hélice (paddlewheel) · eo pagajo (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · bg гребло (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) · ja 水掻き (flat limb of aquatic animal) · ru ло́пасть (blade of a waterwheel) · fr palette (equivalent of a racquet in ping-pong) · ca pala (equivalent of a racquet in ping-pong) · kg nkayi (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · tr kürek (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) · ca rem (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · ln nkai (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · km ច្រវា (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) · hy թիանիվ (paddlewheel) · km ចែវ (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · ba ишкәк (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · da paddel (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · da padle (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · pdt Roodel (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · msk bugsay (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · be вясло́ (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · da padleåre (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · nl peddel (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · lol nkai (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · ru пли́ца (slat of a paddleboat's wheel) · es remo (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · ja 受け板 (blade of a waterwheel) · el κουπί (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · nn padleåre (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · haw hoe (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · zza per (diq) (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · sk pádlo (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · ar مِجْدَاف (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · sv racket (equivalent of a racquet in ping-pong) · fr palme (flat limb of aquatic animal) · fr aviron (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · cs pádlo (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · cs pádlo (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) · ja 羽根板 (blade of a waterwheel) · nl pagaai (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) · sv pingpongracket (equivalent of a racquet in ping-pong) · de Paddel (flat limb of aquatic animal) · is skófluhjól (paddlewheel) · to fohe (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · sv bordtennisracket (equivalent of a racquet in ping-pong) · ca palmeta (bat-shaped spanking implement) · bg плавник (flat limb of aquatic animal) · fi luukku (in a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water) · tr kürek (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · fi siipiratas (paddlewheel) · ja パドル (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) · fi mela (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) · bg бухалка (bat-shaped spanking implement) · ga céasla (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · chn isick (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · pt palmatória (bat-shaped spanking implement) · zza estami (diq) (kitchen utensil) · km ច្រវា (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · de Blattrührer (kitchen utensil) · hy թիակ (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · nl peddel (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) · pt espátula (kitchen utensil) · ja 杓文字 (kitchen utensil) · zza per (diq) (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) · de Paddeltour (use of a paddle; session of paddling) · fi evä (flat limb of aquatic animal) · ru затво́р (in a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water) · fr volet (in a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water) · bg лопатка (slat of a paddleboat's wheel) · bg гребно колело (paddlewheel) · ru весло́ (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · it racchetta (equivalent of a racquet in ping-pong) · fr raquette (equivalent of a racquet in ping-pong) · ja(two-handed, single-bladed oar) · haw hoe (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) · bg хилка (equivalent of a racquet in ping-pong) · ja かい (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · ja しゃもじ (kitchen utensil) · ru ло́пасть (slat of a paddleboat's wheel) · mi hoe (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) · nl schoep (slat of a paddleboat's wheel) · de Tischtennisschläger (equivalent of a racquet in ping-pong) · ja ラケット (equivalent of a racquet in ping-pong) · fi lasta (kitchen utensil) · to fohe (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) · is kajakár (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) · eo pagajo (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) · ru плавни́к (flat limb of aquatic animal) · bg лопатка (blade of a waterwheel) · de Paddel (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · it spatola (kitchen utensil) · fi siipi (blade of a waterwheel) · ar مِضْرَب (equivalent of a racquet in ping-pong) · nl waterrad (paddlewheel) · hi चप्पू (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) · ru гре́бля (use of a paddle; session of paddling) · bg лопатка (kitchen utensil) · bg гребло́ (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · fr spatule (kitchen utensil) · fi melontaretki (use of a paddle; session of paddling) · hu evező (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · fr pale (slat of a paddleboat's wheel) · et mõla (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · nl gepeddel (use of a paddle; session of paddling) · nl pootjebaden (meandering walk or dabble through shallow water) · nl paddel (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · ca pala (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) · zza perzand (in a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water) · da pagaj (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) · mi hoe (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · nb padleåre (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) · ko(two-handed, single-bladed oar) · ja 羽根板 (slat of a paddleboat's wheel) · ha filafili (two-handed, single-bladed oar) · bg гребане (use of a paddle; session of paddling) · ru весло́ (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) · fi lätkä (bat-shaped spanking implement) · bg лапа ((slang) hand)

paddle en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • [ˈpʰæ.ɾɫ̩] (US)
  • /ˈpædl̩/
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

Partly from the verb paddle ("to splash, dabble"; see below) and partly from Middle English padell (“small spade”). Middle English padell is from Medieval Latin padela, itself of uncertain origin: perhaps an alteration of Middle English *spaddle (see also spaddle), a diminutive of spade; or from Latin patella (“pan, plate”), the diminutive of patina, or a merger of the two. Compare Ancient Greek πηδάλιον (pēdálion, “rudder, steering oar”), derived from πηδόν (pēdón, “the blade of an oar; an oar”).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To propel something through water with a paddle, oar, hands, etc.
    • as the Men were Paddling for their Lives 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:
    • while paddling ducks the standing lake desire 1714, J[ohn] Gay, “(please specify the page number(s))”, in The Shepherd’s Week. In Six Pastorals, London: […] R. Burleigh […], →OCLC:
    • Daytimes we paddled all over the island in the canoe[…] 1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter IX, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC:
  2. (intransitive) To row a boat with less than one's full capacity.
  3. (transitive) To spank with a paddle.
    • Do you think we'll get paddled? They can't paddle me! I'm a girl!! 1986 January 15, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic):
  4. To pat or stroke amorously or gently.
    • to be paddling palms and pinching fingers. c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
  5. To tread upon; to trample.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
paddles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
paddled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
paddled Tense=Past lexicographic
paidle alternative lexicographic
paddling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

mispaddle · paddleable · backpaddle · knee-paddle · paddle one's own canoe · paddling pool

Translations (67)

bg милвам (to pat gently) · sh vèslati (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · km អុំទូក (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · nl peddelen (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · sv ro (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · sk veslovať (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · es bogar (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · tft horu (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · cs veslovat (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · tvo horu (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · bg шляпам (to spank with a paddle) · be веслава́ць (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · nb padle (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · id dayung (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · de paddeln (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · lut ʔišɬ (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · es paletear (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · chr ᎠᏆᎸᏂᎭ (to spank with a paddle) · shn ၽၢႆး (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · eu arraun egin (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · sl veslati (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · kea rema (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · th พาย (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · fi meloa (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · be грэ́бці (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · sh вѐслати (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · de tätscheln (to pat gently) · ar جَدَّفَ (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · es remar (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · de pätscheln (to row a boat with less than one's full capacity) · pl wiosłować (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · bg галя (to pat gently) · is róa (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · bg греба́ (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · es cinglar (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · ja 漕ぐ (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · fr paletter (to spank with a paddle) · bni luka (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · eo pagaji (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · ga céaslaigh (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · sv paddla (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · ko 젓다 (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · pt remar (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · uk гребти́ (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · ln luka (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · uk веслува́ти (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · id kayuh (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · cmn 划槳 (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · chr ᎦᎦᏪᏍᎦ (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · mi hoe (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · fi piestä (to spank with a paddle) · hu evez (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · vi chèo (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · ja 叩く (to spank with a paddle) · urk กาโยะฮ (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · io pagayagar (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · de rudern (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · chn mamook isick (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · cmn(to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · es ciar (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · fr pagayer (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · mk весла (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · bg тъпча (to trample) · de latschen (to trample) · is paðla (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · ru грести́ (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) · cmn 划船 (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

paddle en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • [ˈpʰæ.ɾɫ̩] (US)
  • /ˈpædl̩/
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

Recorded since 1530, probably cognate with Low German paddeln (“to tramp about”), frequentative form of padjen (“to tramp, run in short steps”), from pad (also in Dutch dialects). Compare also Saterland Frisian paddelje (“to paddle”).

Meanings

  1. (UK, intransitive) To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside.
  2. (intransitive) To dog paddle in water.
  3. (intransitive) To toddle.
    • […] little feet paddling round and about a man's bed and following wherever he went. 1889, J. H. Riddell, A Terrible Vengeance:
  4. (archaic, intransitive) To toy or caress using hands or fingers.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
paddling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
paddles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
paddled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
paddled Tense=Past lexicographic

Translations (8)

fi kahlailla (to walk or dabble playfully in shallow water) · de planschen (to walk or dabble playfully in shallow water) · bg шляпам (to walk or dabble playfully in shallow water) · bg газя (to walk or dabble playfully in shallow water) · fr patauger (to walk or dabble playfully in shallow water) · nl pootjebaden (to walk or dabble playfully in shallow water) · gd grunnaich (to walk or dabble playfully in shallow water) · pt chafurdar (to walk or dabble playfully in shallow water)