paddle
/ˈpædl̩/ noun B1- A single-bladed version is typically used on canoes and some other small boats.
- A double-bladed version with blades at each end of the shaft is used for kayaking.
- The use of a paddle to propel a boat; a session of paddling. · We had a nice paddle this morning.
- A slat of a paddleboat's wheel.
- A paddlewheel.
- A blade of a waterwheel.
- A game controller with a round wheel used to control player movement along one axis of the video screen.
- A kitchen utensil shaped like a paddle and used for mixing, beating etc.
Plural paddles
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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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