paddle
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2.1
- noun
- /ˈpædəl/
- US
:
paleta
- Players, please pick one of your paddles, keep it in front of you.
- ping-pong paddle
- pong paddle
- wooden paddle
Players, please pick one of your paddles, keep it in front of you.
- Players, please pick one of your paddles, keep it in front of you.
- Every detail has been thought of, right down to how it uses a ping pong paddle just like a real dog does.
- Now, what you could do is to modify the game, create a new paddle, locate it on the left.
Examples
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- With his ping-pong paddle at the ready!
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Pa is standing on the top of one side of the table with a paddle.
Fiction book (2002) -
It's hard to get much spin with this kind of paddle. Mr. Henry
Fiction book (1996) -
Give me one of those paddles.
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"Do I hear ten?" Dub let it hang there for a few seconds, then raised the paddle he and Lola shared.
Fiction book (2001) -
"Miss Drew will like the poem," she said, saluting Mattie with her paddle.
Fiction book (1993) -
The name on the ping-pong paddles boxes reads: "Gump-Mao table tennis."
Fiction book (1994) -
FRED ROSE and WESLEY ROSE, ping-pong paddles in hand, walk down the hall toward Hank and Audrey.
Fiction book (1990) -
To play table tennis, you need to hold your paddle properly for better control of the ball.
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He used a bright red paddle to hit the ball during the game of ping-pong.
Synonyms
244
1.0
A stick used to hit a ball in games like baseball or cricket
66
1.0
A long wooden or metal stick used to hit the ball in baseball
43
1.6
A handled frame with tight strings used to hit a ball in tennis
1
2.2
A flat piece of wood that players use to hit the ball in the game of cricket
A small flat paddle you use to hit the ball in table tennis
A small flat paddle with a short handle used to hit the ball in table tennis
A small flat bat with a short handle used to hit the ball in table tennis
Idioms
Compounds
2
3.1
A simple swimming stroke with arms and legs moving one after the other like a dog swims
- Archaic
1
7.7
A steam boat with big wheels on the sides that push it through rivers or lakes
- Archaic
1
3.5
A large round device with boards around its edge that turns to move a boat
- Archaic
A wooden cover around the top of a paddle wheel on a steamboat that protects it from water spray
Surface Forms
Etymology
Paddle: A helpful way to remember paddle is to think of a flat 'pad' of wood used to hit things; the word likely comes from an old name for a small flat board, so it now means the flat bat used in games like table tennis.