paddle

1a :  a usually wooden implement that has a long handle and a broad flattened blade and that is used to propel and steer a small craft (such as a canoe)b :  an implement often with a short handle and a broad flat blade that is used for stirring, mixing, or hitting; especially :  one used to hit a ball in any of various games (such as table tennis)c :  a small usually numbered sign that is raised by a bidder at an auction to signal a bidd :  a flat electrode that is the part of a defibrillator placed on the chest of a patient and through which a shock of electricity is discharged

2a :  any of the broad boards at the circumference of a paddle wheel or waterwheelb :  any of the broad blades attached to a shaft (as in an ice cream machine) and used for stirring

3 :  a computer input device with a dial used to control linear movement of a cursor on a computer display

:  to go on or through water by or as if by means of a paddle or paddle wheel

1a :  to propel by a paddleb :  to transport in a paddled craft paddled us to shore in his canoe

2a :  to beat or stir with or as if with a paddle (as in washing or dyeing)b :  to punish by or as if by beating with a paddle

1 :  to move or drive forward with an instrument like an oar or with short quick movements of hands and feet

2 :  to stir, mix, or beat with a paddle

1 :  an instrument like an oar used in moving and steering a small boat (as a canoe)

2 :  an implement having a broad flat end and used for beating, mixing, or hitting

3 :  one of the broad boards at the outer edge of a waterwheel or a paddle wheel

:  to move or splash about in the water

:  a flat electrode that is the part of a defibrillator placed on the chest of a patient and through which a shock of electricity is discharged—called also paddle electrode