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paddle 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 1. a short light oar with a flat blade at one or both ends, used without a rowlock to propel a canoe or small boat 2. a blade of a water wheel or paddle wheel 3. a period of paddling 4. a. a paddle wheel used to propel a boat b. (as modifier): a paddle steamer 5. the sliding panel in a lock or sluicegate that regulates the level or flow of water 6. a table-tennis bat 7. the flattened limb of a seal, turtle, or similar aquatic animal, specialized for swimming paddle [′pad·əl] (aerospace engineering) A large, flat, paddle-shaped support for solar cells, used on some satellites. (design engineering) Any of various implements consisting of a shaft with a broad, flat blade or bladelike part at one or both ends. paddle A flat plastering tool used to clean out or to finish an angle or corner.
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