paddlelike

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English

Etymology

From paddle +‎ -like.

Adjective

paddlelike (comparative more paddlelike, superlative most paddlelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a paddle.
    • 2009 June 29, Simon Akam, “With Every Whack of the Cricket Bat, a Bond”, in New York Times:
      But on Tuesday morning it was crowded with players, some toting paddlelike bats, and filled with the sound of leather balls struck by wood.
    • 2017, Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner, page 34:
      Thriving banana palms sculled the air with their large paddlelike fronds, as if to row the building backward in time to a more serene era.

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