paddle

Meanings

• small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games
• a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel
• an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board
• a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat
• propel with a paddle
  • "paddle your own canoe"
• play in or as if in water, as of small children
• swim like a dog in shallow water
• walk unsteadily
• give a spanking to; subject to a spanking
• stir with a paddle

Synonyms

boat paddle, coggle, dabble, dodder, larrup, spank, splash around, toddle, totter, waddle