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More words related to paddle

splash

verb. throw liquid

swim

verb. make way through water using arms, legs

tan

verb. flog, whip

wade

verb. plod, often through water

driver
fan

fin
oar

paddle
prop

screw

thwack

whack

swash

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Word Origin & History

paddle 1407, padell "small spade," from M.L. padela, perhaps from L. patella "pan, plate," dim. of patina. Meaning "short oar with a wide blade" is from 1624. As an instrument used for beating clothes (and slaves, and schoolboys), it is recorded from 1828, Amer.Eng.; the verb meaning "to beat with a paddle, spank" is first recorded 1856. Paddlewheel is from 1805.

Example Sentences for paddle

It was laid by the Monarch, a paddle steamer which had been fitted for the work.

Neither of them spoke, and the only sound was the swishing of the paddle.

Then, setting the canoe into the water, he began to paddle back.

"One of us might paddle the canoe to the foot of the cliff," went on Frank.