Meaning

• A two-handed, single-bladed oar used to propel a canoe or a small boat.

• A double-bladed oar used for kayaking.

• Time spent on paddling.

  "We had a nice paddle this morning."

• A slat of a paddleboat's wheel.

• A paddlewheel.

• A blade of a waterwheel.

• A game controller with a round wheel used to control player movement along one axis of the video screen.

• A meandering walk or dabble through shallow water, especially at the seaside.

• A kitchen utensil shaped like a paddle and used for mixing, beating etc.

• A bat-shaped spanking implement

  "The paddle practically ousted the British cane for spankings in the independent US."

• A ping-pong bat.

• A flat limb of an aquatic animal, adapted for swimming.

  "A sea turtle's paddles make it swim almost as fast as land tortoises are slow."

• In a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water.

• A group of inerts

• A handheld defibrillation/cardioversion electrode

• Hand

• Padel (sport)

Meaning

• To propel something through water with a paddle, oar, hands, etc.

• To row a boat with less than one's full capacity.

• To spank with a paddle.

• To pat or stroke amorously or gently.

• To tread upon; to trample.