Usually means: Tool for propelling or mixing.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. paddle: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. paddle, paddle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. paddle, paddle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. paddle: Collins English Dictionary
  5. paddle: Vocabulary.com
  6. Paddle, paddle: Wordnik
  7. paddle: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. paddle: Wiktionary
  9. paddle: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. paddle: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. paddle: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. paddle: Dictionary.com
  13. paddle (n.), paddle (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. paddle: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Paddle (disambiguation), Paddle (game controller), Paddle (spanking), Paddle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Paddle: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. paddle: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. paddle: Rhymezone
  19. Paddle: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. paddle: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. paddle: Free Dictionary
  22. paddle: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. paddle: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. paddle: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Paddle: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. paddle: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)
  2. PADDLE: Acronym Finder
  3. paddle: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. paddle, paddle, paddle: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)
  3. paddle: Urban Dictionary

Sports (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Canoe Terminology (No longer online)
  2. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  3. Paddle: Sports Definitions

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  3. Paddle, Paddle: Latitude Mexico

(Note: See paddled as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  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.
noun:  A single-bladed version is typically used on canoes and some other small boats.
noun:  A double-bladed version with blades at each end of the shaft is used for kayaking.
noun:  The use of a paddle to propel a boat; a session of paddling.
noun:  A slat of a paddleboat's wheel.
noun:  A paddlewheel.
noun:  A blade of a waterwheel.
noun:  (video games, dated) A game controller with a round wheel used to control player movement along one axis of the video screen.
noun:  (British) A meandering walk or dabble through shallow water, especially at the seaside.
noun:  A kitchen utensil shaped like a paddle and used for mixing, beating etc.
noun:  A broad, flat spanking implement.
noun:  (table tennis) A broad, flat device used in striking the ball, analogous to a racket in tennis.
noun:  A flat board with a number of holes or indentations, used to carry small alcoholic drinks such as shots.
noun:  A flat limb of an aquatic animal, adapted for swimming.
noun:  In a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water.
noun:  A handheld electrode used for defibrillation or cardioversion.
noun:  (slang) A person's hand.
noun:  (medicine) A flap of attached skin that has been cut away from a wound.
verb:  (transitive) To propel something through water with a paddle, oar, hands, etc.
verb:  (intransitive) To row a boat with less than one's full capacity.
verb:  (transitive) To spank with a paddle.
verb:  To pat or stroke amorously or gently.
verb:  To tread upon; to trample.
verb:  (intransitive, British) To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside.
verb:  (intransitive) To dog paddle in water.
verb:  (intransitive) To toddle.
verb:  (archaic, intransitive) To toy or caress using hands or fingers.
noun:  (sports, uncountable) Alternative form of padel [A racquet sport popular in Spain and Latin America, usually played in doubles on a small, closed court.]

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