Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which paddles or uses a paddle; hence, one who acts in a purposeless way, as a child paddles in the water.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, paddles.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
paddles ; especially, a person whopropels acanoe orkayak by the action ofpaddling .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone paddling a canoe
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Examples
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The sea at low tide recedes almost beyond the reach of the ordinary paddler, which is as it should be except for those that would swim.
Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas
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Sam perceived that the paddler was the aged hunchback who had once visited the camp at Nine-Mile Point across the lake.
The Huntress Hulbert Footner 1911
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Luckily the night was as dark as ever, and all we saw of the paddler was a white shirt fluttering as it passed.
Mr. Justice Raffles 1893
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"This one has attracted a different kind of paddler," Long said.
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Eric Jackson the owner of the Jackson kayak can convert a cynic to believer in kayaking by just parting one lesson to the paddler.
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It was just my ego telling me I was the better paddler and it was my canoe.
Heaven’s Fury Stephen Frey 2010
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The interval between each wave was barely long enough: a fast paddler could just get across between the avalanches of whitewater.
Kook Peter Heller 2010
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"Before paddling, it was just breast cancer and being alone," said paddler Karen Lynch.
Joe Robinson: The Taboo Cure for Our National Gloom: Live a Little! Joe Robinson 2010
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Chuck Patterson, a professional "stand-up paddler" for Hobie stuck a camera to a pole and shot some incredible video earlier this week.
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Chuck Patterson, a professional "stand-up paddler" for ...
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