Dictionary entry

Paddle (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pad″dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Paddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Paddling (?)] 1. To pat or stroke amorously, or gently.

To be paddling palms and pinching fingers. Shak.

2. To propel with, or as with, a paddle or paddles.

3. To pad; to tread upon; to trample.