paddle
14
7.9
- noun
- /ˈpædəl/
- Archaic
:
tabla (para castigo)
- That's 20 whacks with the paddle when we get back.
Examples
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The silence of study hall was often broken by the sound of the paddle on the behind of a boy who misbehaved.
Academic text (1991) -
Thirty paddle whacks on her right hand every day for a month were her penance.
Fiction book (1993) -
Some have complained of beatings with paddles by untrained staff that left bruises and welts.
Blog text (26) -
The students waited nervously as the teacher held the paddle above her desk, ready for those who misbehaved.
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In the old school, many children feared the punishment of the paddle for misbehavior in class.
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He told the story of how he once got the paddle for talking back to the teacher during a lesson.
Synonyms
29
7.7
A long thin stick used to punish someone at school
A short, light oar used by hand to move a canoe or small boat
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: Because paddle meant a flat wooden board, people also used such boards for punishment, so paddle came to mean the flat board used to hit a pupil when schools used that form of discipline.