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backpaddling

backpaddling is the present participle and gerund of backpaddle.

Meaning of backpaddle

Verb

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

  1. To paddle backwards.

Questions about backpaddling

What is backpaddling the present participle and gerund of?
Backpaddling is the present participle and gerund of backpaddle.

Words near backpaddling in the dictionary

  1. backpacking
  2. backpacks
  3. backpaddle
  4. backpaddled
  5. backpaddles
  6. backpaddling
  7. backpage
  8. backpages
  9. backpain
  10. backpains
  11. backpass

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backpaddling (page history and authors); backpaddle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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