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/ˈpædl̩/ · 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..
We had a nice paddle this morning.
I managed one mighty paddle of 38km up the coast to Wicklow before the next bloody storm was due to hit.
The paddle practically ousted the British cane for spankings in the independent US.
(UK)
And it really is a paddle, too, with a blade big enough to hold several sampling glasses of different beers (known for some reason as a 'flight') for customers to try. Beer paddles have become very popular in American craft beer bars: […]
A sea turtle's paddles make it swim almost as fast as land tortoises are slow.
A large ( 13 x 25 cm ) paddle of skin was used to cover a large wound following a temporal bone resection.
About 10% of perforators to the skin paddle of the flap are septocutaneous blood vessels that travel though the intermuscular septum that separates the rectus femoris muscle from the vastus lateralis muscle.
Use paddle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Paddle means 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..
Common synonyms include racket, bat, totter, toddle.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
We had a nice paddle this morning.
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