paddles

Ping-pong hitting tools

Paddles are broad, flat implements used to propel or stir.

A canoe paddle moves the boat through water with stroking motions.

A paddle in table tennis or pickleball strikes the ball.

To paddle is to use such an implement, or to wade through shallow water with short steps.

Paddles also serve as instruments of corporal punishment: The principal kept a paddle in his office.

To paddle someone is to spank them with a flat object.

sport

ping-pong

Miniature tennis on table

spin · forehand · backhand · smash · volley · lob · rally · grip · rubber · blade

rowing

oar

Lever for watercraft

  • kayakEnclosed single-person watercraft
  • canoeSlender paddled vessel
  • strokeSudden brain blood blockage

blade · shaft · grip · feather · catch · drive · finish · recovery · SUP · outrigger

spanking

discipline

Trained self-control or specialty

spank · corporal · hazing · fraternity · reprimand · wooden · buttocks

defibrillator

shock

Violent sudden disturbance

cardiac · arrest · emergency · electrodes · joules · heartbeat · rhythm · paramedic · chest · pulse

mixing

stir

Mix by circling

whisk · spatula · vat · pottery · glaze · ceramic · slurry · concrete · mixer · batch

Categories
Opposites
propulsion method

paddlesmotors

Machines that produce motion

engines · outboard motors · propellers · oars · sails

water movement style

paddlessails

Wind-catching boat fabric

drifts · floats · sits still · anchors · idles

physical action

paddlesdives

Leaps into water

plunges · submerges · swims · drowns · wades

Phrases
Family

paddle, paddling, paddled, paddler, paddlers, paddlings, paddle wheel, paddle tennis

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G