paddle : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat
  paddle.
  

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• noun an elementary swimming stroke imitating a swimming dog
  

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• (Shipbuilding), one of two large timbers supporting the spring beam and paddle box of a steam vessel.

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• . See Paddle, n., 3.

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• noun a wooden covering for the upper part of a paddlewheel
  paddle box.
  

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• the structure inclosing the upper part of the paddle wheel of a steam vessel.

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• the revolving shaft which carries the paddle wheel of a steam vessel.

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• . (a) A staff tipped with a broad blade, used by mole catchers. Prov. Eng. (b) A long-handled spade used to clean a plowshare; called also plow staff. Prov. Eng.

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• noun a steam vessel propelled by paddle wheels
  paddle steamer.
  

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• a steam vessel propelled by paddle wheels, in distinction from a screw propeller.

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• noun a large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine in order to propel a boat
  paddlewheel.
  

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• the propelling wheel of a steam vessel, having paddles (or floats) on its circumference, and revolving in a vertical plane parallel to the vessel's length.

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• noun a wooden covering for the upper part of a paddlewheel
  paddle box.
  

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of a paddle
  
  • paddle-shaped fins

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• noun a steam vessel propelled by paddle wheels
  paddle steamer.
  

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• noun paddle used to play table tennis
  table-tennis bat; table-tennis racquet.
  

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• the circle described by the point whose velocity equals the velocity of the ship. J. Bourne.

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• to move the floats of a paddle wheel toward its center so that they will not dip so deeply.

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