Antonyms for paddle
ˈpæd lpad·dle

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1. • Aquatics
   • Bat
   • Blade
   • Boat
   • Instrument Of Punishment
   • Play
   • Sport
   • Stir
   • Swim
   • Walk

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1. paddlenoun

   small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games

   Synonyms:
   boat paddle

2. paddlenoun

   a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel

   Synonyms:
   boat paddle

3. paddlenoun

   an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board

   Synonyms:
   boat paddle

4. paddle, boat paddleverb

   a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat

   Synonyms:
   boat paddle

5. paddleverb

   propel with a paddle

   "paddle your own canoe"

   Synonyms:
   splash around, dodder, toddle, totter, spank, larrup, dabble, waddle, coggle

6. dabble, paddle, splash aroundverb

   play in or as if in water, as of small children

   Synonyms:
   splash around, dodder, toddle, smatter, totter, spank, play around, larrup, dabble, waddle, coggle

7. paddleverb

   swim like a dog in shallow water

   Synonyms:
   splash around, dodder, toddle, totter, spank, larrup, dabble, waddle, coggle

8. toddle, coggle, totter, dodder, paddle, waddleverb

   walk unsteadily

   "small children toddle"

   Synonyms:
   seesaw, dodder, toddle, teeter, wobble, spank, larrup, dabble, totter, waddle, coggle, splash around

9. spank, paddle, larrupverb

   give a spanking to; subject to a spanking

   Synonyms:
   splash around, dodder, toddle, totter, spank, larrup, dabble, waddle, coggle

10. paddleverb

    stir with a paddle

    Synonyms:
    splash around, dodder, toddle, totter, spank, larrup, dabble, waddle, coggle

How to use paddle in a sentence?

1. Melissa Romero:

   I put together our team. We travel around Florida to race against teams from in state and out of state. when I first started I couldn't paddle more than five minutes at a time. Now I can probably do an hour continuous.

2. Ernie Medina:

   Because the court is smaller, the paddle is shorter and lighter than a tennis racquet, and the ball is made out of plastic, so it’s very easy to learn and control for most people starting out.

3. Melissa Romero:

   When I first started I couldn't paddle more than five minutes at a time. Now I can probably do an hour continuous.

4. Richard Theoharis:

   He’s very capable on the paddle board so it seems fishy to me, he was under pressure. He owed $600,000 and he didn’t have it. He was afraid the judge would throw him in jail. If he’s scared, we hope he will contact us. Make a phone call. Just let somebody know you’re safe so we can rest at night.

5. Brent Probinsky:

   The paddling was illegal and a criminal battery, what message are we sending to other teachers who now believe they will suffer no criminal consequences if they paddle our elementary school children, some severely, even for the smallest of infractions ?

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