From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
paddle
n 1: small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting
balls in various games
2: a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel
3: an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board
4: a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe
or small boat [syn: paddle, boat paddle]
v 1: propel with a paddle; "paddle your own canoe"
2: play in or as if in water, as of small children [syn:
dabble, paddle, splash around]
3: swim like a dog in shallow water
4: walk unsteadily; "small children toddle" [syn: toddle,
coggle, totter, dodder, paddle, waddle]
5: give a spanking to; subject to a spanking [syn: spank,
paddle, larrup]
6: stir with a paddle