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. Paulina Porizkova:

   Starting last year- since my husband got diagnosed -Ive been on a strange journey. Paddling a canoe in a stormy sea. My boys are in the back, scared but preoccupied. Sometimes the waves are smaller and easier to navigate, some days I lose my paddle and waves threaten to overwhelm. But I know my purpose is to get myself and my kids to safety, to the beach.

2. Michael Goforth:

   I don't know how to describe it. It's so beautiful, it can be a really passive, intuitive thing. That's kind of what your goal is, is to let the water do all the work, and you use your paddle to assist when it's not perfect.

3. Cruise Passenger Lynch:

   I'm especially excited about the new Loire cruises because it's a river which has yet to be explored, paddle ships will allow this to be done for the first time in 2015.

4. Michael Goforth:

   It can be a really passive, intuitive thing. That's kind of what your goal is, is to let the water do all the work, and you use your paddle to assist when it's not perfect.

5. 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.

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