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paddle

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An input device that moves the screen cursor in a back-and-forth motion. It has a dial and one or more buttons and is typically used in games to hit balls and steer objects. See joy stick.

Paddle - A language for transformations leading from specification to program. Used in the POPART programming environment generator.
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The ancient obediently dipped his paddle and started pottering an erratic course in the general direction of the cluster of lights that marked the Makambo.
Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context
The black seized the paddle and Baynes shoved them out from beneath the tree.
The Son Of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
At the farther end of the vessel a form was faintly seen, guiding its motions, and using a paddle with the ease of one who felt there was no necessity for exertion.
The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
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