pad·dle

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• intransitive verb To dabble about in shallow water; splash gently with the hands or feet.
• intransitive verb To move with a waddling motion; toddle.
• noun A usually wooden implement having a blade at one end or sometimes at both ends, used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat.
• noun Any of various implements resembling the paddle of a boat or canoe, as.
• noun Sports A light wooden or plastic racket used in playing table tennis, platform tennis, and similar games.
• noun A flat board with a handle used to administer physical punishment.
• noun A blade or shovellike implement used for stirring or mixing.
• noun Medicine A flat electrode that is part of a defibrillator and is put on a patient's chest to deliver an electric shock to the heart.
• noun A board on a paddle wheel.
• noun A flipper or flattened appendage of certain animals.
• noun The act of paddling.
• intransitive verb To propel a watercraft with paddles or a paddle.
• intransitive verb To row slowly and gently.
• intransitive verb To move through water by means of repeated short strokes of the limbs.
• intransitive verb To propel (a watercraft) with paddles or a paddle.
• intransitive verb To convey in a watercraft propelled by paddles.
• intransitive verb To spank or beat with a paddle, especially as a punishment.
• intransitive verb To stir or shape (material) with a paddle.