Topic: OUTDOOR
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Sense: 1,4-5
| Date: | 1600-1700 |
| Origin: | PADDLE1 |
| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Origin: | Probably from PAD21 |
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paddle2 past tense and past participle paddled, present participle paddling
1 [intransitive and transitive]TTW to move a small light boat through water, using one or more paddles
paddle along/upstream/towards etc 
I desperately tried to paddle for the shore.She and her husband paddled a canoe down the Mississippi.
➔ row3I desperately tried to paddle for the shore.She and her husband paddled a canoe down the Mississippi.2 [intransitive] British EnglishDLO to walk for pleasure without shoes or socks in water that is not very deep [= wade American English]
3 [intransitive] to swim with short, quick movements : The dog was paddling furiously after the ducks.
The dog was paddling furiously after the ducks.4 [transitive] American English informal to hit a child with a piece of wood as a punishment
5 to do things yourself, without help from anyone else
