mispaddle

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English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ paddle.

Verb

mispaddle (third-person singular simple present mispaddles, present participle mispaddling, simple past and past participle mispaddled)

  1. To paddle incorrectly.
    • 2010, Susan Casey, The Wave: In Pursuit of the Ocean's Greatest Furies, page 237:
      “Whoa!” Emory said, looking at Hamilton on the wave. “Did you see that? Laird leaned forward. He mispaddled. He almost fell!”
    • 2011, Lucy Irvine, Faraway:
      'Oh my, I'm all over the shop,' said Mhairi, as she mispaddled into a tangle of mangroves at one point, and stiff grey fingers dangling above quested for root space in her hair.
    • 2012, Brian Jacques, The Bellmaker, page 91:
      Rufe mispaddled and splashed himself.