paddle

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

pad·dle [paddle paddles paddled paddling] noun, verb BrE [ˈpædl] NAmE [ˈpædl]
noun
1. countable a short pole with a flat wide part at one or both ends, that you hold in both hands and use for moving a small boat, especially a ↑canoe, through water
compare ↑oar
2. countable a tool or part of a machine shaped like a paddle, especially one used for mixing food
3. a paddlesingular (BrE)an act or period of walking in shallow water with no shoes or socks
•Let's go for a paddle.
see also ↑dog-paddle
4. countable (NAmE)a ↑bat used for playing ↑table tennis
5. countable (NAmE)a piece of wood with a handle, used for hitting children as a punishment
see up the creek (without a paddle) at ↑creek

Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 2 and n. senses 4 to 5 v. sense 1 and v. senses 3 to 4 late Middle English n. sense 3 and v. sense 2 mid 16th cent. Low German paddeln ‘tramp about’
 
verb
1. intransitive, transitive to move a small boat through water using a ↑paddle
•(+ adv./prep.) We paddled downstream for about a mile.
•~ sth (+ adv./prep.) We paddled the canoe along the coast.
2. (BrE) (NAmE wade)intransitive to walk or stand with no shoes or socks in shallow water in the sea, a lake, etc
•The children have gone paddling.
3. intransitive to swim with short movements of your hands or feet up and down
4. transitive ~ sb/sth (NAmE)to hit a child with a flat piece of wood as a punishment
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 2 and n. senses 4 to 5 v. sense 1 and v. senses 3 to 4 late Middle English n. sense 3 and v. sense 2 mid 16th cent. Low German paddeln ‘tramp about’
 
See also: ↑wade

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  boat paddle, spank, larrup, toddle, coggle, totter, dodder, waddle, dabble, splash around