paddle
/ˈpædl̩/ verb C2- To propel something through water with a paddle, oar, hands, etc.
- To row a boat with less than one's full capacity.
- To spank with a paddle.
- To pat or stroke amorously or gently.
- To tread upon; to trample.
He/she/it paddles · Past paddled · Past participle paddled · -ing form paddling
Verb forms
- Base form
- paddle
- He/she/it
- paddles
- Past
- paddled
- Past participle
- paddled
- -ing form
- paddling
From the library
Wait my coming, O most infamous Bandar-log!” He panted up the terrace only to disappear to the head in a wave of monkeys, but he threw himself squarely on his haunches, and, spreading out his forepaws, hugged as many as he could hold, and then began to hit with a regular bat-bat-bat, like the flipping strokes of a paddle wheel.
The phrase“mark twain” signified a depth of two fathoms, or twelve feet, indicating that the water was safely navigable for the paddle-wheelers.
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