to paddle
4
7.4
- verb
- /ˈpædəl/
- Offensive
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- According to a civil rights survey, boys are paddled more often than girls, at a rate of twenty-five to one (Jonesboro Sun 1988).
- paddled students
- paddled and whipped
- paddled and kicked
Examples
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In a national survey, male principals reported that they paddled black students more often than female principals did.
Academic text (1991) -
Looks like someone's getting paddled today.
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I'm gonna paddle your ass when I find you.
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Well, you tell them I'm not going and I hope they paddle you good and hard.
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I got a mind to put you over my knee and paddle your ass raw.
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- I say we paddle their asses till they cry like little girls.
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- Gonna paddle our little behinds.
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Has everybody else been paddled?
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Carmona says he was paddled far more often by church leaders than by his father.
Blog text (11) -
The coach decided to paddle the misbehaving player as a lesson in discipline.
Synonyms
133
4.4
To hit something with a long thin object or move it quickly and forcefully
119
3.6
To hit a child's bottom with an open hand to punish them
18
8.3
Hit someone with a whip or stick as punishment
8
8.6
To beat someone with a long thin stick as punishment
5
8.2
To beat someone with a strip of leather as punishment
1
8.4
To beat someone with a whip or stick as punishment
1
9.4
To hit someone with a short thick stick
To hit someone as a punishment, for example by spanking
Antonyms
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
How Hard
Surface Forms
Etymology
Paddle: To 'paddle' someone comes from the idea of using a flat wooden board, so the verb means to hit with that board as a form of punishment.