Used in a Sentence

paddle

How to use paddle in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for paddle.

Editorial note

Thus, we were up a shit creek without a paddle.

Examples17
Definitions10
Parts of speech2

Quick take

small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of paddle gathered in one view.

noun

small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games

noun

a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel

noun

an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for paddle.

noun

small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games

noun

a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel

noun

an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board

noun

a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat

verb

propel with a paddle; "paddle your own canoe"

verb

play in or as if in water, as of small children

verb

swim like a dog in shallow water

verb

give a spanking to; subject to a spanking

verb

stir with a paddle

Example sentences

1

Thus, we were up a shit creek without a paddle.

2

Today’s drivers paddle shift with both hands on the wheel.

3

I suspect lots of enterprise users are in the same XP boat without a fast search paddle.

4

" somehow make things all better when you're out the door, up the creek, and without the stupid fucking paddle.

5

For example, a few months ago we built a custom wooden standup paddle-board.

6

What everyone needs to do is call up Khosla Ventures and ask to borrow Vinod's "douche canoe" so they can paddle to the beach.

7

If there are hills, which we don't get much in the Netherlands of course, or if there are strong head-winds, which we do get a lot, I simply paddle slower.

8

The water forgets the previous substances that were in it, when a trained homoeopath hits it with magic paddle.

9

I wanted to try and paddle one of the kayaks back home at the time because my ego-driven mind was completely dominating my thoughts.

10

Then one of the club champs picked up the box the new paddle had come in and, using the box as a paddle, proceeded to defeat the player with the carbon paddle.

11

" I would say, "have all those years of showing nothing but contempt for the people who have to run you're buggy, resource hungry piece of shit plugin left you up shit creek without a paddle?

12

Most people would prefer a 'This site is down due to non-payment' or a 'we are down'.That's trying to swim upstream without a paddle, this is slippery enough without trying to on the right side.

13

Power = 1/2 * fluid density * velocity ^3 * coefficient of drag * area Here's an easy experiment: Take a tennis racket and duct-tape the strung area in order to make it a solid paddle.

14

A video game's shelf life doesn't usually last for more than 12 months, and if they can't come up with any unique new product that can capture the attention of a mass number of users they may be up a certain creek without a paddle.

15

It's not that "impossible" to crash a modern car with ABS, EBD, TC and ST. I'm a living-breathing evidence to the fact that none of these technologies can do anything if the car hits a paddle of water/sand going too fast around a bend.

16

Rejecting the salary comparison because high-end malware writers wouldn't use 3rd world outsourcing is like rejecting normal gearboxes because all Lamborghinis use those flappy-paddle ones.

17

In the original[1], the ball bounces vertically off of the first brick it encounters and continues through all of the others until it hits the paddle or the ceiling; this changes the feel of the game substantially and makes the ball more predictable, which lets the entire game run at a faster pace.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use paddle in a sentence?

Thus, we were up a shit creek without a paddle.

What does paddle mean?

small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games

What part of speech is paddle?

paddle is commonly used as noun, verb.