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backpaddle

backpaddle verb: to paddle backwards.

Verb

backpaddle (third-person singular simple present backpaddles, present participle backpaddling, simple past and past participle backpaddled)

  1. To paddle backwards.

Forms of backpaddle

third-person singular presentbackpaddles
present participlebackpaddling
past participlebackpaddled
pastbackpaddled

Origin of backpaddle

From back + paddle.

Questions about backpaddle

What does backpaddle mean?
Backpaddle means to paddle backwards.
What part of speech is backpaddle?
Backpaddle is a verb.
What is the past tense of backpaddle?
The past tense of backpaddle is backpaddled.

Words near backpaddle in the dictionary

  1. backpacked
  2. backpacker
  3. backpackers
  4. backpacking
  5. backpacks
  6. backpaddle
  7. backpaddled
  8. backpaddles
  9. backpaddling
  10. backpage
  11. backpages

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