Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Paddle \Pad"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paddled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Paddling}]
   1. To pat or stroke amorously, or gently.

            To be paddling palms and pinching fingers. --Shak.

   2. To propel with, or as with, a paddle or paddles.

   3. To pad; to tread upon; to trample. [Prov. Eng.]