paddle

Etymology 1
Partly from the verb "to splash, dabble"; see below and partly from. Middle English is from, itself of uncertain origin: perhaps an alteration of Middle English  (see also ), a diminutive of ; or from , the diminutive of , or a merger of the two. Compare 🇨🇬, derived from.

Noun

 * 1) A two-handed implement consisting of a shaft with one or two blades attached to the end(s) used to propel a canoe, kayak or a small boat. A paddle is unattached to the boat and freely operated with the hands, compared with an oar which is attached to the boat at a pivot point.
 * 2) A single-bladed version is typically used on canoes and some other small boats.
 * 3) A double-bladed version with blades at each end of the shaft is used for kayaking.
 * 4) The use of a paddle to propel a boat; a session of paddling.
 * 5) A slat of a paddleboat's wheel.
 * 6) A paddlewheel.
 * 7) A blade of a waterwheel.
 * 8)  A game controller with a round wheel used to control player movement along one axis of the video screen.
 * 9)  A meandering walk or dabble through shallow water, especially at the seaside.
 * 10) A kitchen utensil shaped like a paddle and used for mixing, beating etc.
 * 11) A broad, flat spanking implement.
 * 12)  A broad, flat device used in striking the ball, analogous to a racket in tennis.
 * 13) A flat board with a number of holes or indentations, used to carry small alcoholic drinks such as shots.
 * 14) A flat limb of an aquatic animal, adapted for swimming.
 * 15) In a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water.
 * 16) A handheld electrode used for defibrillation or cardioversion.
 * 17)  A person's hand.
 * 18)  A flap of attached skin that has been cut away from a wound.
 * 1) A flat limb of an aquatic animal, adapted for swimming.
 * 2) In a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water.
 * 3) A handheld electrode used for defibrillation or cardioversion.
 * 4)  A person's hand.
 * 5)  A flap of attached skin that has been cut away from a wound.
 * 1)  A flap of attached skin that has been cut away from a wound.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Bashkir: ишкәк
 * Belarusian: вясло́
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: bugsay
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Chinook Jargon: isick
 * Czech:
 * Danish: paddel, padle, padleåre
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: pagajo
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hausa: filafili
 * Higaonon: bugsay
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: céasla
 * Italian:
 * Ivatan: kawod
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer: ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Mansaka: bugsay
 * Maori: hoe-a
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: padleåre
 * Nynorsk: padleåre
 * Plautdietsch: Roodel
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: pádlo
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tausug: bugsay
 * Thai: ไม้พาย,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: весло́
 * Vietnamese:
 * Zazaki:


 * Armenian:
 * Bashkir: ишкәк
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: pagajo
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: パドル
 * Khmer:
 * Maori: hoe
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: padleåre
 * Nynorsk: padleåre
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Zazaki:


 * Bulgarian: гребане
 * Dutch: gepeddel
 * Finnish:, melontaretki
 * French: pagayage
 * German: Paddelei, Paddeltour
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian: лопатка
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Schaufelblatt
 * Japanese: 羽根板
 * Russian: ,


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: гребно колело
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian: ruota a pale
 * Japanese:
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian: лопатка
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:, Schaufelbrett
 * Italian:, pala dell'elica
 * Japanese: 受け板, 羽根板
 * Russian:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: kahlailu


 * Bulgarian: лопатка
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Blattrührer
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 杓文字
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Zazaki: estami


 * Bulgarian: бухалка
 * Catalan: palmeta,
 * Finnish:
 * French:, palette à fessée
 * Portuguese:


 * Bulgarian: хилка
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:, pingisracket, pingpongracket,
 * Zazaki: raket


 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * German:
 * Japanese:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Zazaki: perzand


 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Korean:
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * 1)  To propel something through water with a paddle, oar, hands, etc.
 * 2)  To row a boat with less than one's full capacity.
 * 3)  To spank with a paddle.
 * 4) To pat or stroke amorously or gently.
 * 5) To tread upon; to trample.
 * 1)  To spank with a paddle.
 * 2) To pat or stroke amorously or gently.
 * 3) To tread upon; to trample.
 * 1) To tread upon; to trample.
 * 1) To tread upon; to trample.

Translations

 * Arabic: جَدَّفَ
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: arraun egin
 * Belarusian: грэ́бці, веслава́ць
 * Bulgarian:
 * Cherokee: ᎦᎦᏪᏍᎦ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , 划槳
 * Chinook Jargon: mamook isick
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: paddla,  róa
 * Irish: céaslaigh
 * Japanese:
 * Kabuverdianu: rema
 * Khmer: អុំទូក
 * Korean:
 * Lushootseed: ʔišɬ
 * Macedonian: весла
 * Maori: hoe
 * Mongolian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: вѐслати
 * Roman:
 * Shan:
 * Slovak: veslovať
 * Slovene: veslati
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ternate: horu
 * Thai:
 * Tidore: horu
 * Ukrainian: гребти́, веслува́ти
 * Vietnamese:


 * German: pätscheln


 * Cherokee: ᎠᏆᎸᏂᎭ
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Japanese:


 * German:


 * German:

Etymology 2
Recorded since 1530, probably cognate with 🇨🇬, frequentative form of, from (also in Dutch dialects). Compare also 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside.
 * 2)  To dog paddle in water.
 * 3)  To toddle.
 * 4)  To toy or caress using hands or fingers.
 * 1)  To toy or caress using hands or fingers.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: kahlailla
 * French:
 * German:
 * Portuguese:
 * Scottish Gaelic: grunnaich