paddle : Idioms & Phrases


boat paddle

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

  • noun an elementary swimming stroke imitating a swimming dog
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Paddle beam

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

  • . See Paddle, n., 3.
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Paddle box

  • 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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Paddle shaft

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

  • . (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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Paddle steamer

  • 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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Paddle wheel

  • 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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paddle-box

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

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

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

  • noun paddle used to play table tennis
    table-tennis bat; table-tennis racquet.
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Rolling circle of a paddle wheel

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

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