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Meaning of paddle

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  paddle
      n 1: small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting
           balls in various games
      2: a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel
      3: an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board
      4: a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe
         or small boat [syn: {paddle}, {boat paddle}]
      v 1: propel with a paddle; "paddle your own canoe"
      2: play in or as if in water, as of small children [syn:
         {dabble}, {paddle}, {splash around}]
      3: swim like a dog in shallow water
      4: walk unsteadily; "small children toddle" [syn: {toddle},
         {coggle}, {totter}, {dodder}, {paddle}, {waddle}]
      5: give a spanking to; subject to a spanking [syn: {spank},
         {paddle}, {larrup}]
      6: stir with a paddle

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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