(intransitive, Britain) To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside. / To toddle. / (archaic, intransitive) To toy or caress using hands or fingers.

(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.

A single-bladed version is typically used on canoes and some other small boats. / A double-bladed version with blades at each end of the shaft is used for kayaking.

spanked with a paddle, e.g. in corporal punishment.

simple past tense and past participle of paddle

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of paddle

plural of paddle

The amount that can be held on, or displaced by, a paddle.

plural of paddleful

present participle of paddle