paddling
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈpæd.lɪŋ/
- Offensive
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nalgada
- No more paddling for you, young lady, until you've had some rest.
- get a paddling
At first I thought if I gave her spankings and paddlings that it would work and it didn't work or punch her.
- At first I thought if I gave her spankings and paddlings that it would work and it didn't work or punch her.
Examples
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In fact, for many administrators and teachers, paddling and discipline are synonymous.
Academic text (1991) -
Eliminating paddling in favor of more positive methods is recommended.
Academic text (1991) -
- Studies have shown that kids that experience paddling...
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To make matters worse, the paddling is usually carried out by the school principal.
Blog text (27) -
Nonetheless, paddling occurs at a higher rate for junior high school students than for students at any other grade level.
Academic text (1991) -
Though paddling may temporarily suppress unwanted behavior, it does not eliminate it, nor does it teach a student how he or she should behave.
Academic text (1991) -
One must question the logic of responding to one aggressive behavior (fighting) with another aggressive behavior (paddling).
Academic text (1991) -
It is interesting to note that when teachers are asked what discipline means to them, most refer to the term "punishment": verbal reprimands, verbal threats, paddling, suspension, or expulsion.3
Academic text (1992) -
Teachers in that study identified methods such as parent conferences, withholding privileges, office referrals, suspension, detentions, expulsion, changing the student's seat, conferencing with the student, isolating the student, and paddling.
Academic text (2014) -
In some schools, a child may receive a paddling as a form of punishment for misbehavior.
Synonyms
276
4.2
Hitting a person many times as punishment or violence
33
4.8
A hit on a child's bottom as punishment
22
3.8
Beating a person or animal with a whip as punishment
11
5.7
Physical hitting of a person to make them obey rules
6
7.0
Beating someone with a whip or strap as punishment
6
4.8
A quick hit on a child's bottom with an open hand as punishment
6
6.7
A severe beating given to someone as punishment
4
8.1
A hard hit given to someone as punishment
4
6.9
To punish someone by hitting them with a stick
1
8.0
An act of beating someone with a whip as punishment
1
9.9
A beating with a strap or rope given as punishment
A severe beating that someone gets as punishment
Antonyms
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Paddling comes from the simple tool paddle, a flat board people use both to hit gently and to move a boat. So Paddling can mean 'a light beating' given as a mild punishment.