Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to paddle
Participle: paddled
Gerund: paddling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | paddle |
| you | paddle |
| he;she;it | paddles |
| we | paddle |
| you | paddle |
| they | paddle |
Perfect
| I | have paddled |
| you | have paddled |
| he;she;it | has paddled |
| we | have paddled |
| you | have paddled |
| they | have paddled |
Past
| I | paddled |
| you | paddled |
| he;she;it | paddled |
| we | paddled |
| you | paddled |
| they | paddled |
Pluperfect
| I | had paddled |
| you | had paddled |
| he;she;it | had paddled |
| we | had paddled |
| you | had paddled |
| they | had paddled |
Future
| I | will paddle |
| you | will paddle |
| he;she;it | will paddle |
| we | will paddle |
| you | will paddle |
| they | will paddle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have paddled |
| you | will have paddled |
| he;she;it | will have paddled |
| we | will have paddled |
| you | will have paddled |
| they | will have paddled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | paddle |
| you | paddle |
| he;she;it | paddle |
| we | paddle |
| you | paddle |
| they | paddle |
Perfect
| I | have paddled |
| you | have paddled |
| he;she;it | have paddled |
| we | have paddled |
| you | have paddled |
| they | have paddled |
Imperfect
| I | paddled |
| you | paddled |
| he;she;it | paddled |
| we | paddled |
| you | paddled |
| they | paddled |
Pluperfect
| I | had paddled |
| you | had paddled |
| he;she;it | had paddled |
| we | had paddled |
| you | had paddled |
| they | had paddled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would paddle |
| you | would paddle |
| he;she;it | would paddle |
| we | would paddle |
| you | would paddle |
| they | would paddle |
Perfect
| I | would have paddled |
| you | would have paddled |
| he;she;it | would have paddled |
| we | would have paddled |
| you | would have paddled |
| they | would have paddled |
Imperative
| you | paddle |
| we | Let's paddle |
| you | paddle |
Verbs conjugated like 'paddle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'paddle'
addle,
daddle,
faddle,
maddle,
peddle,
piddle,
puddle,
raddle,
saddle,
waddle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1407,
padell "small spade," from M.L.
padela, perhaps from L.
patella "pan, plate," dim. of
patina. Meaning "short oar with a wide blade" is from 1624. As an instrument used for beating clothes (and slaves, and schoolboys), it is recorded from 1828, Amer.Eng.; the verb meaning "to beat with a paddle, spank" is first recorded 1856.
Paddlewheel is from 1805.
2. Partly from the verb paddle ("to splash, dabble"; see below) and partly from Middle English padell (“small spade”).
3. Middle English padell is from Medieval Latin padela, itself of uncertain origin: perhaps an alteration of Middle English *spaddle (see also spaddle), a diminutive of spade; or from Latin patella (“pan, plate”), the diminutive of patina, or a merger of the two. Compare Ancient Greek πηδάλιον (pēdálion, “rudder, steering oar”), derived from πηδόν (pēdón, “the blade of an oar; an oar”).
Verbs referencing "paddle"
German, old spelling
paddeln, Cebuano padol, Norwegian
padle, Norwegian, nynorsk
padle, Dutch
peddelen, Swedish
paddla.
Sample Sentences
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as the Men were Paddling for their Lives [1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:]
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while paddling ducks the standing lake desire [1714, J[ohn] Gay, “(please specify the page number(s))”, in The Shepherd’s Week. In Six Pastorals, London: […] R. Burleigh […], →OCLC:]
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Daytimes we paddled all over the island in the canoe[…] [1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter IX, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC:]
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Do you think we'll get paddled? They can't paddle me! I'm a girl!! [1986 January 15, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic):]
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to be paddling palms and pinching fingers. [c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:]