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dog paddles

dog paddles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dog paddle.

Meaning of dog paddle

Verb

dog paddle (third-person singular simple present dog paddles, present participle dog paddling, simple past and past participle dog paddled)

  1. To swim in dog paddle style.
    • He pretended that an alligator was behind him and swam desperately. He passed one spot and then, laboriously, another, dog-paddling.1938, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, chapter 11, in The Yearling

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What is dog paddles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dog paddles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dog paddle.

Words near dog paddles in the dictionary

  1. dog officers
  2. dog out
  3. dog pack
  4. dog paddle
  5. dog paddled
  6. dog paddles
  7. dog paddling
  8. dog park
  9. dog parks
  10. dog parsley
  11. dog pile

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