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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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