How to pronounce “paddle”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A two-handed implement consisting of a shaft with one or two blades attached to the end(s) used to propel a canoe, kayak or a small boat. A paddle is unattached to the boat and freely operated with the hands, compared with an oar which is attached to the boat at a pivot point.
• The use of a paddle to propel a boat; a session of paddling.
• A slat of a paddleboat's wheel.
• A paddlewheel.
• A blade of a waterwheel.
• (video games, dated) A game controller with a round wheel used to control player movement along one axis of the video screen.
• (British) A meandering walk or dabble through shallow water, especially at the seaside.
• A kitchen utensil shaped like a paddle and used for mixing, beating etc.
• A broad, flat spanking implement.
• (table tennis) A broad, flat device used in striking the ball, analogous to a racket in tennis.
• A flat board with a number of holes or indentations, used to carry small alcoholic drinks such as shots.
• A flat limb of an aquatic animal, adapted for swimming.
• In a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water.
• A handheld electrode used for defibrillation or cardioversion.
• A flipper in a pinball machine.
• (slang) A person's hand.
• (medicine) A flap of attached skin that has been cut away from a wound.
• (sports, uncountable) Alternative form of padel.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To propel something through water with a paddle, oar, hands, etc.
• (intransitive) To row a boat with less than one's full capacity.
• (transitive) To spank with a paddle.
• To pat or stroke amorously or gently.
• To tread upon; to trample.

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