paddle
/ˈpædl/noun
उच्चारण पैडल
चप्पू
Core word
noun
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[C]
a short pole with a flat wide part at one or both ends, that you hold in both hands and use for moving a small boat
चप्पू
- a canoe paddle
- He lost his paddle in the rapids and had to steer with his hands.
- The boatman steered the canoe with a wooden paddle.
+ 2 more examples
- Each rower carries a paddle and a life jacket.
- A broken paddle made it hard to cross the river.
verb
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[I, T]
to move a small boat through water, using a paddle; to walk with no shoes in shallow water
चप्पू चलाना; पानी में चलना
- paddle in the sea
- The children paddled in the shallow stream while the elders rested.
- We paddled slowly down the river at sunrise.
+ 2 more examples
- The children took off their shoes and paddled at the water's edge.
- Radhika paddled the canoe across the calm lake.
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Paddle your own canoe (depend on yourself).
Idiom 'paddle your own canoe' (अपने बल पर चलना, आत्मनिर्भर होना)।