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paddle

noun
  1. a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat
    boat paddle
  2. an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board
  3. a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel
  4. small wooden bat with a flat surface
verb
  1. stir with a paddle
  2. give a spanking to
    spank
  3. walk unsteadily
    stumble
  4. propel with a paddle
    “paddle your own canoe”
  5. swim like a dog in shallow water
  6. play in or as if in water, as of small children
    dabblesplash around