I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a duck paddles (= swims by moving its feet under the water )
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Ducks and swans paddled towards us.
dog paddle
doggy paddle
paddle steamer
paddling pool
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
stroke
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The current classic paddle strokes are fine in certain circumstance but there are other occasions when different techniques are needed.
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Having defined our new paddle stroke we need to check it.
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A paddle stroke is like any other model or diagram which is used to pass on information.
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Compare this map with the forward sweep paddle stroke that we teach in the Star tests.
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Like the map, the taught sweep paddle stroke is unlike the real sweep stroke but still very useful.
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Our new paddle stroke is therefore probably correct.
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The real stroke and the paddle stroke will drift apart in style over the years.
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We now need to respond to this change by adopting a new forward paddle stroke when coaching in shorter boats.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be up the creek (without a paddle)
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I'll really be up the creek if I don't get paid this week.
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Chairmen of football clubs are only in the papers and on the radio when the team is up the creek .
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What he learned from that interview was that Graham Ross was up the creek without a paddle.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Anyway today we had the scene where Matt had to hit me with the paddle sort of semi-accidentally.
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Compare this map with the forward sweep paddle stroke that we teach in the Star tests.
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Folks on the right side control the right paddle .
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He routinely had us grabbing our ankles to receive his stinging paddle across our butts.
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Many canoeists will have a style which is influenced by past use of old paddle strokes.
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Sadly, the one on page 17 shows how not to hold a paddle without making any such comment.
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Thirty years ago, controlling a student might have meant reaching for a paddle or ejecting a wild child from the classroom.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
along
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Irvine was caught next day as he paddled along the coast.
out
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Some went fishing from a small outrigger canoe they paddled out into the lagoon.
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Maybe more satisfying because just to paddle out at Ocean Beach requires a lot of strength.
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There was a brief debate over which way we should paddle out .
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You could paddle out from the right alongside a rock jetty, or you could go from the left.
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You just want to tuck the board under your arm, run down the beach, paddle out and have fun.
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Miles had remained silent as they had paddled out into the water, though his heart was full of anger and grief.
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We paddled out another hundred yards just as a precaution.
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He was supreme among big-wave riders, paddling out on his traditional wooden board when no one else dared.
up
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I was so tired when I paddled up that I just lay on my belly.
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A canoe paddled up with two of the men from the mill.
■ NOUN
canoe
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Some went fishing from a small outrigger canoe they paddled out into the lagoon.
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So Queequeg got in a canoe and paddled to some narrows through which the whaling ship must pass.
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A canoe paddled up with two of the men from the mill.
river
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Bob Miles To prepare these guides the club have a party walking the bank while others are paddling the river .
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When they see us paddling on the river , they stare at us open-mouthed, as if we are completely insane.
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Edward paddled across the river to the highway, hitched a ride into town and bought back beer.
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Anticipating the worst, the hospitality that followed came almost with as much pleasure as paddling the river .
sea
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We paddle on seas the green of cat's eyes, and seas as clear as mountain streams.
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Then some of the younger macaques began paddling in the sea and eventually took the plunge and learned how to swim.
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Mum and I paddled in the sea when the sun came out in the afternoon.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I watched the market traders paddling their canoes across the lake.
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One of my earliest memories is paddling in the sea with my parents.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Desmond Fairchild, paddling through the spotlights, his trousers rolled up to his hairy knees, shouted something at her.
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Power surfers are towed behind a jet-ski into massive oceanic swells that move too fast to catch by paddling conventional surfboards.
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Still, he paddled his way on to the U.S.
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The two hedgehogs stood on the bank and watched as the vole paddled away.
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There was a brief debate over which way we should paddle out.
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They named it Michilimackinac, or Great Turtle, because it resembled a turtle as they paddled toward it in canoes.
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You just want to tuck the board under your arm, run down the beach, paddle out and have fun.