The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - paddlen.

1) oar, sweep, scull: A 'crab' occurs when you catch the water with the paddle blade on the return stroke. --v. 2) row, scull, oar: Deftly she paddled the canoe over to the pier. 3) wade: The children were paddling at the water's edge. 4) spank, paddywhack, thrash, beat, whip, flog: Dad threatened to paddle me if he caught me playing hookey again.