vi ·see paddle staff (b), below.
2. paddle ·vt to pat or stroke amorously, or gently.
3. paddle ·vi a paddle-shaped foot, as of the sea turtle.
4. paddle ·vi a paddle-shaped implement for string or mixing.
5. paddle ·vt to propel with, or as with, a paddle or paddles.
6. paddle ·vi to use the hands or fingers in toying; to make caressing strokes.
7. paddle ·vt to pad; to tread upon; to trample.
8. paddle ·vi a small gate in sluices or lock gates to admit or let off water;
also called clough.
9. paddle ·vi one of the broad boards, or floats, at the circumference of a water wheel, or paddle wheel.
10. paddle ·vi an implement with a broad blade, which is used without a fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats.
11. paddle ·vi the broad part of a paddle, with which the stroke is made; hence, any short, broad blade, resembling that of a paddle.
12. paddle ·vi to dabble in water with hands or feet; to use a paddle, or something which serves as a paddle, in swimming, in paddling a boat, ·etc.