paddle
n 1: the racket used in paddle tennis or table tennis
2: a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel
3: a flat board used to administer physical punishment
4: a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe
or small boat
v 1: propel with a paddle
2: play in or as if in water, as of small children [syn: {dabble},
{splash around}]
3: swim like a dog; in shallow water
4: walk unsteadily, as of small children [syn: {toddle}, {coggle},
{totter}, {dodder}, {waddle}]
5: give a spanking to; subject to a spanking [syn: {spank}, {larrup}]
6: stir with a paddle