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paddlelike

paddlelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a paddle.

Adjective

paddlelike (comparative more paddlelike, superlative most paddlelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a paddle.
    • But on Tuesday morning it was crowded with players, some toting paddlelike bats, and filled with the sound of leather balls struck by wood.2009 June 29, Simon Akam, “With Every Whack of the Cricket Bat, a Bond”, in New York Times
    • Thriving banana palms sculled the air with their large paddlelike fronds, as if to row the building backward in time to a more serene era.2017, Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner, page 34
    Synonyms:
    oarlike

Synonyms of paddlelike

Forms of paddlelike

comparativemore paddlelike
superlativemost paddlelike

Origin of paddlelike

From paddle + -like.

Questions about paddlelike

What does paddlelike mean?
Paddlelike means resembling or characteristic of a paddle.
What part of speech is paddlelike?
Paddlelike is an adjective.

Words near paddlelike in the dictionary

  1. paddlefishes
  2. paddlefoot
  3. paddleful
  4. paddlefuls
  5. paddleless
  6. paddlelike
  7. paddler
  8. paddlers
  9. paddles
  10. paddles one's own canoe
  11. paddlesport

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