paddle
1. pad.dle \'pad-*l\ n [ME padell] 1: an implement with a flat blade to
propel and steer a small craft (as a c anoe) 2: an implement used for
stirring, mixing, or beating 3: one of the broad boards at the
circumference of a paddle wheel or waterw heel
2. paddle \'pad-lin, -*l-in\ vb or pad.dling : to go on or through water by
or as if by means of a paddle or paddle wh eel 1a: to propel by a paddle
1b: to transport in a paddled craft 2: to beat, stir, or punish by or as
if by a paddle
3. paddle \'pad-lin, -*l-in\ vi or pad.dling [origin unknown] 1: to move
the hands or feet about in shallow water archaic 2: to use the hands or
fingers in toying or caressing 3: TODDLE