a short, flat bladed oar for propelling and steering a canoe or small boat, usually held by both hands and moved more or less through a vertical arc.

any of various similar implements used for mixing, stirring, or beating.

any of various similar but smaller implements with a short handle for holding in one hand and a wide or rounded blade, used for a racket in table tennis, paddle tennis, etc.

such an implement or a similarly shaped makeshift one, used to spank or beat someone.

an implement used for beating garments while washing them in running water, as in a stream.

Also called float , floatboard. a blade of a paddle wheel.

paddle wheel.

any of the blades by which a water wheel is turned.

a flipper or limb of a penguin, turtle, whale, etc.

an act of paddling.

Also, pattle. British Dialect . a small spade with a long handle, used to dig up thistles.

(in a gate of a lock or sluice) a panel that slides to permit the passage of water.

to propel or travel in a canoe or the like by using a paddle.

to row lightly or gently with oars.

to move by means of paddle wheels, as a steamer.

to propel with a paddle

to paddle a canoe.

to spank or beat with or as with a paddle.

to stir, mix, or beat with or as with a paddle

to convey by paddling, as a canoe.

to hit (a table-tennis ball or the like) with a paddle. ?

paddle one's own canoe. canoe ( def. 6 ) .