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paddled

paddled is the simple past and past participle of paddle.

Meaning of paddle

Verb (1)

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

  1. (transitive) To propel something through water with a paddle, oar, hands, etc.
    • as the Men were Paddling for their Lives1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC
  2. (intransitive) To row a boat with less than one's full capacity.
  3. (transitive) To spank with a paddle.
    • Do you think we'll get paddled? They can't paddle me! I'm a girl!!1986 January 15, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic)
  4. To pat or stroke amorously or gently.
    • to be paddling palms and pinching fingers.c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  5. To tread upon; to trample.

Verb (2)

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

  1. (UK, intransitive) To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside.

See all 28 meanings of paddle

Adjective

paddled (not comparable)

  1. spanked with a paddle, e.g. in corporal punishment.
    • Paddled students tend to say that it hurts like crazy at the time, but that the pain often does not last very long. There may be yelps and tears and red faces, as attested by numerous anecdotal eyewitness and first-person accounts.2016, Colin Farrell, Corporal punishment in US schools, World Corporal Punishment Research

Words formed from paddled

Phrases with paddled

Questions about paddled

What does paddled mean?
Paddled means spanked with a paddle, e.g. in corporal punishment.
What is paddled the simple past and past participle of?
Paddled is the simple past and past participle of paddle.
What part of speech is paddled?
Paddled is an adjective.

Words near paddled in the dictionary

  1. paddlebox
  2. paddleboxes
  3. paddlecock
  4. paddlecocks
  5. paddlecraft
  6. paddled
  7. paddled one's own canoe
  8. paddlefeet
  9. paddlefish
  10. paddlefishes
  11. paddlefoot

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