PADDLE

Paddle

A spanking paddle is an implement used to strike a person on the buttocks. The act of striking a person with a paddle is known as "paddling". A paddling may be for punishment, or as an initiation or hazing ritual, or for erotic purposes.

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paddle

Noun

  1. A two-handed, single-bladed oar used to propel a canoe or a small boat.
  2. A double-bladed oar used for kayaking.
  3. Time spent on paddling.
    We had a nice paddle this morning.
  4. A slat of a paddleboat's wheel.
  5. A paddlewheel.
  6. A blade of a waterwheel.
  7. A game controller with a round wheel used to control player movement along one axis of the video screen.
  8. A meandering walk or dabble through shallow water, especially at the seaside.
  9. A kitchen utensil shaped like a paddle and used for mixing, beating etc.
  10. A bat-shaped spanking implement
    ''The paddle practically ousted the British cane as the spanker's attribute in the independent US
  11. A ping-pong bat.
  12. A flat limb of an aquatic animal, adapted for swimming.
    ''A sea turtle's paddles make it swim almost as fast as land tortoises are slow
  13. In a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water.
  14. A group of inerts

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.

Verb (etymology 2)

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


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