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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.

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